how to open a sharepoint page by providing the user credentials explicitly

Question

I want to open a native SharePoint 2010 page from my application (for example the Edit Properties page of a document) without the need to enter username/password, but instead to authenticate silently (prior or during the page request). is that possible?

In other words, i have a windows forms application, i enter a sharepoint document path and i click on a button, this will open up a windows form with a browser control that will navigate to the native "editform.aspx" sharepoint 2010 page for this document.Is there a way to authenticate the user without the need for him to enter his credentials?

Thanks,

Answer 1

if you specify the DefaultNetworkCredentials in your objects CredentialCache

and use something similar to the below code:

    System.Net.HttpWebRequest w = (HttpWebRequest)System.Net.WebRequest.Create(u); 
    w.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;

it should use the current users credentials automatically.

Answer 2

On an intranet, so long as you are not using forms based authentication, it should automatically log a person in whether they are browsing, calling the web services or whatever. If it prompts, the URL probably needs to be added to the local intranet sites list in the browsers security settings.