Profile object retrieved from the current HttpContext object must be case to a ProfileCommon object : ProfileCommon « Profile « ASP.NET Tutorial

File: Web.Config

<configuration>
  <system.web>

  <profile>
    <properties>
      <add name="firstName" defaultValue="Steve" />
    </properties>
  </profile>

</system.web>
</configuration>


File: App_Code\Default.cs

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Profile;

public class Default
{
    public static string GetFirstNameFromProfile()
    {
        ProfileCommon profile = (ProfileCommon)HttpContext.Current.Profile;
        return profile.firstName;
    }
}

File: Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    void Page_Load()
    {
        lblFirstName.Text = Default.GetFirstNameFromProfile();
    }

</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Show Profile Component</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>

    First Name:
    <asp:Label
        id="lblFirstName"
        Runat="server" />

    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
</html>

15.8.ProfileCommon
	15.8.1.	Get ProfileCommon
	15.8.2.	Profile object retrieved from the current HttpContext object must be case to a ProfileCommon object