My web site was initially written in MVC 4.0 RC using VS2010, . I have just downloaded and installed VS2012, and upgraded my project to Dotnet Framework 4.5.
In my project I'm using a Custom MemberShipProvider and a custom RoleProvider. On VS2010 it worked like a charm. But now I'm keeping getting a strange Configuration Error:
"This method cannot be called during the application's pre-start initialization phase."
The "system.web -> membership -> providers -> add" line in my web.config is marked red as the source of the problem.
I eliminated the suspicion that the problem has something to do with the migration process, by creating a new MVC 4.0 Project (in VS2012), adding my custom Membership/Role providers, changing the web.config appropriately, and finding that the error reappears!
Digging deeper into the problem - I found the following information in the Application Log:
Exception information: Exception type: InvalidOperationException Exception message: The pre-application start initialization method Start on type WebMatrix.WebData.PreApplicationStartCode threw an exception with the following error message: This method cannot be called during the application's pre-start initialization phase. (C:\Users\dov.AD\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\web.config line 52).
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethodsCore(ICollection1 methods, Func
1 setHostingEnvironmentCultures) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethods(ICollection`1 methods) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods(String preStartInitListPath) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ExecutePreAppStart() at System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException)This method cannot be called during the application's pre-start initialization phase. (C:\Users\dov.AD\Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Projects\MvcApplication2\MvcApplication2\web.config line 52)
at System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) at System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) at System.Web.Configuration.ProvidersHelper.InstantiateProvider(ProviderSettings providerSettings, Type providerType) at System.Web.Configuration.ProvidersHelper.InstantiateProviders(ProviderSettingsCollection configProviders, ProviderCollection providers, Type providerType)
at System.Web.Security.Membership.InitializeSettings(Boolean initializeGeneralSettings, RuntimeConfig appConfig, MembershipSection settings) at System.Web.Security.Membership.Initialize() at System.Web.Security.Membership.get_Providers() at WebMatrix.WebData.WebSecurity.PreAppStartInit() at WebMatrix.WebData.PreApplicationStartCode.Start()This method cannot be called during the application's pre-start initialization phase. at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.EnsureTopLevelFilesCompiled()
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) at System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase)Request information: Request URL: http://localhost:4995/ Request path: / User host address: ::1 User: Is authenticated: False Authentication Type: Thread account name: AD\dov Thread information: Thread ID: 5 Thread account name: AD\dov Is impersonating: False Stack trace: at >System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethodsCore(ICollection`1
methods, Func
1 setHostingEnvironmentCultures) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.InvokePreStartInitMethods(ICollection
1 methods) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CallPreStartInitMethods(String preStartInitListPath) at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.ExecutePreAppStart() at System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.Initialize(ApplicationManager appManager, IApplicationHost appHost, IConfigMapPathFactory configMapPathFactory, HostingEnvironmentParameters hostingParameters, PolicyLevel policyLevel, Exception appDomainCreationException)
Please help,
Thank you!
Here is the web.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433
-->
<configuration>
<configSections>
<!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="DefaultConnection" connectionString="Data Source=(LocalDb)\v11.0;Initial Catalog=aspnet-MyWebSite-20120820105950;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|\aspnet-MyWebSite-20120820105950.mdf" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="MyWebSiteDbContext" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" connectionString="server=.;database=MyWebSiteDB;Integrated Security=True;" />
</connectionStrings>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Version" value="2.0.0.0" />
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
<add key="PreserveLoginUrl" value="true" />
<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
</appSettings>
<system.web>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms loginUrl="~/Account/Login" timeout="2880" />
</authentication>
<pages>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Optimization" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<profile>
<providers>
<clear/>
</providers>
</profile>
<roleManager defaultProvider="MyWebSiteRoleProvider" enabled="true">
<providers>
<clear/>
<add name="MyWebSiteRoleProvider" type="MyWebSite.Security.MyWebSiteRoleProvider"/>
</providers>
</roleManager>
<membership defaultProvider="MyWebSiteMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="MyWebSiteMembershipProvider" type="MyWebSite.Security.MyWebSiteMembershipProvider" />
</providers>
</membership>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
<handlers>
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" />
<remove name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_32bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness32" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-ISAPI-4.0_64bit" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet_isapi.dll" preCondition="classicMode,runtimeVersionv4.0,bitness64" responseBufferLimit="0" />
<add name="ExtensionlessUrlHandler-Integrated-4.0" path="*." verb="GET,HEAD,POST,DEBUG,PUT,DELETE,PATCH,OPTIONS" type="System.Web.Handlers.TransferRequestHandler" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv4.0" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
<runtime>
<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Helpers" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-4.0.0.0" newVersion="4.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.WebPages" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="2.0.0.0" />
</dependentAssembly>
</assemblyBinding>
</runtime>
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.LocalDbConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="v11.0" />
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
</entityFramework>
</configuration>
This is the relevant custom membership (I have simplified it, but even though the problem is still there) code, only ValidateUser is really overridden:
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Security;
using DAL.MyWebSite;
namespace MyWebSite.Security
{
public class MyWebSiteMembershipProvider : MembershipProvider
{
/// <summary>
/// Verifies that the specified user name and password exist in the data source.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// true if the specified username and password are valid; otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
/// <param name="username">The name of the user to validate. </param><param name="password">The password for the specified user. </param>
public override bool ValidateUser(string username, string password)
{
// simplified
return true;
}
}
}
This is the (simplified) RoleProvider:
using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.Security;
using DAL.MyWebSite;
namespace MyWebSite.Security
{
public class MyWebSiteRoleProvider : RoleProvider
{
//readonly MyWebSiteDbContext _context = new MyWebSiteDbContext();
/// <summary>
/// Gets a value indicating whether the specified user is in the specified role for the configured applicationName.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// true if the specified user is in the specified role for the configured applicationName; otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
/// <param name="username">The user name to search for.</param><param name="roleName">The role to search in.</param>
public override bool IsUserInRole(string username, string roleName)
{
return true;
//return GetRolesForUser(username).Contains(roleName);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a list of the roles that a specified user is in for the configured applicationName.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// A string array containing the names of all the roles that the specified user is in for the configured applicationName.
/// </returns>
/// <param name="username">The user to return a list of roles for.</param>
public override string[] GetRolesForUser(string username)
{
return new string[] {"one", "two"};
//var sm = _context.SalesManagers.Include("PermissionLevel").FirstOrDefault(manager => manager.UserName == username);
//if (sm != null)
//{
// if (sm.PermissionLevel.Name == "Sales Manager")
// {
// return new[] { "SalesManagers" };
// }
// if (sm.PermissionLevel.Name == "Administrator")
// {
// return new[] { "SalesManagers", "Administrators" };
// }
//}
//return null;
}
}
}
I use my own custom Membership and Role providers in Since MVC2 and ran into this issue when I migrated from MVC3 to 4.
I created a new project in MVC4 / .net4.5 EF5 and had the miss-fortune to encounter this error.
I managed to fix it by doing the following:
Add this to your webconfig appsettings:
<appSettings>
<add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false"/>
<add key="autoFormsAuthentication" value="false"/>
</appSettings>
Add your connection string to your memberships and roles providers if not already set:
<membership defaultProvider="MyMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<add name="MyMembershipProvider" type="AMS.WebUI.Infrastructure.CustomMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="EFDbContext" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager defaultProvider="MyRoleprovider">
<providers>
<add name="MyRoleprovider" type="AMS.WebUI.Infrastructure.CustomRoleProvider" connectionStringName="EFDbContext" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
This resolved the issue for me and I hope it can help you.
OK let's see if I can explain this right. ASP.NET 4 introduced a new assembly-level attribute: PreApplicationStartMethodAttribute
, that is typically used in the Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
file.
ASP.NET MVC 4 standard template comes with a reference to the WebMatrix.WebData
assembly. Looking at its code, the AssemblyInfo does have this:
[assembly: PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(PreApplicationStartCode), "Start")]
So basically, before App_Start is even invoked, the framework will call WebMatrix.WebData.PreApplicationStartCode.Start()
which, among other things, does this
// Initialize membership provider
WebSecurity.PreAppStartInit();
And sure enough, like @Ben Pretorius said, that method starts like this
internal static void PreAppStartInit()
{
// Allow use of <add key="EnableSimpleMembershipKey" value="false" /> to disable registration of membership/role providers as default.
if (ConfigUtil.SimpleMembershipEnabled)
{
...
So there you have how/why this "automatically" fails. It's really too bad that Microsoft didn't include <add key="EnableSimpleMembershipKey" value="true" />
in the standard Web.config to make it more obvious that "hey there's this SimpleProvider stuff that's setup here".
I was also playing around this a bit and looking into the WebMatrix code and finally I think that Ben's solution seems to be the working one.
(I have also tried to play with the assembly references without success. I think with removing the references you just achieved the same as the config settings does - the WebMatrix security was not properly initialized. But I think this is quite a dangerous way. But I'm just guessing here.)
So for me what worked:
<appSettings>
<add key="enableSimpleMembership" value="false"/>
</appSettings>
<membership defaultProvider="MyMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="MyMembershipProvider" type="MyNamespace.MyMembershipProvider" />
</providers>
</membership>
<!-- this role configuration below uses the SimpleRoleProvider, because I just
wanted to replace the membership provider. If you need to replace that one
too, just use your own class instead. -->
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="AspNetSqlRoleProvider">
<providers>
<remove name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" />
<add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="WebMatrix.WebData.SimpleRoleProvider, WebMatrix.WebData, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
<!-- note: WebMatrix registers SimpleRoleProvider with name
'AspNetSqlRoleProvider'. I don't know why but i kept it. -->
</providers>
</roleManager>
I have checked the WebMatrix code, and it seems that setting 'enableSimpleMembership' to false is quite harmless. WebMatrix only uses it to initialize the membership/role providers (that can be substituted by the config above) and it enables the forms authentication allowing an alternative configuration way (through app settings) - this is also not necessary, if you have the standard forms authentication properly configured (mainly the 'loginUrl' is the only important player here).
I have also tried to check what the 'autoFormsAuthentication' setting does - but I haven't found anything, so just skipped it. Looks fine still.
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