How to display logged user name in windows form app?

I'm creating a Windows form application using Graph API. In application, I have more forms. Also, I have a function for logging in the user and when the user logs in his name is written on the label on the first form. On other forms I have a Cancel button, so when the user clicks on the Cancel button, the first form appears, but user name isn't written on the label. Does anyone know how to display user name on the first form when user clicks Cancel button? Here is the code:

public static class GraphHelper
{
private static string[] scopes = new string[] { "user.read" };
public static string TokenForUser = null;
public static DateTimeOffset expiration;
private const string ClientId = "599ed98d-4356-4a96-ad37-04391e9c48dc";
private const string Tenant = "common";
private const string Authority = "https://login.microsoftonline.com/" + Tenant;
// The MSAL Public client app
private static IPublicClientApplication PublicClientApp;
private static string MSGraphURL = "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/";
private static AuthenticationResult authResult;
public static GraphServiceClient graphClient;
public static string token;
public static GraphServiceClient GetGraphClient(string token)
{
if (graphClient == null)
{
// Create Microsoft Graph client.
try
{
graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(
"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta",
new DelegateAuthenticationProvider(
async (requestMessage) =>
{
requestMessage.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("bearer", token);
// This header has been added to identify our sample in the Microsoft Graph service. If extracting this code for your project please remove.
requestMessage.Headers.Add("SampleID", "uwp-csharp-snippets-sample");
}));
return graphClient;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine("Could not create a graph client: " + ex.Message);
}
}
return graphClient;
}
public static async Task<string> GetTokenForUserAsync()
{
if (TokenForUser == null || expiration <= DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddMinutes(10))
{
PublicClientApp = PublicClientApplicationBuilder.Create(ClientId)
.WithAuthority(Authority)
.WithRedirectUri("https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/nativeclient")
.WithLogging((level, message, containsPii) =>
{
Debug.WriteLine($"MSAL: {level} {message} ");
}, LogLevel.Warning, enablePiiLogging: false, enableDefaultPlatformLogging: true)
.Build();
// It's good practice to not do work on the UI thread, so use ConfigureAwait(false) whenever possible.
IEnumerable accounts = await PublicClientApp.GetAccountsAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
IAccount firstAccount = accounts.FirstOrDefault();
try
{
authResult = await PublicClientApp.AcquireTokenSilent(scopes, firstAccount)
.ExecuteAsync();
}
catch (MsalUiRequiredException ex)
{
// A MsalUiRequiredException happened on AcquireTokenSilentAsync. This indicates you need to call AcquireTokenAsync to acquire a token
Debug.WriteLine($"MsalUiRequiredException: {ex.Message}");
authResult = await PublicClientApp.AcquireTokenInteractive(scopes)
.ExecuteAsync()
.ConfigureAwait(false);
}
TokenForUser = authResult.AccessToken;
}
return TokenForUser;
}
public static async Task GetMeAsync(string token)
{
graphClient = GetGraphClient(token);
try
{
// GET /me
return await graphClient.Me
.Request()
.Select(u => new
{
u.DisplayName
})
.GetAsync();
}
catch (ServiceException ex)
{
return null;
}
}
}
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public static string token;
public static GraphServiceClient graphClient;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
token = await GraphHelper.GetTokenForUserAsync();
User graphUser = await GraphHelper.GetMeAsync(token);
label4.Text = graphUser.DisplayName;
}
}
public partial class Form2 : Form
{
public Form2()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 f1 = new Form1();
this.Close();
f1.Show();
}
}

step 1. create a method that returns the name, instead of directly calling it in clickevent.

private async Task<string> GetName()
{
token = await GraphHelper.GetTokenForUserAsync();
User graphUser = await GraphHelper.GetMeAsync(token);
return graphUser.DisplayName;
}

step 2. Define property in form 1.

public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public static string token;
public static GraphServiceClient graphClient;
public string LabelText
{
get
{
return this.label4.Text;
}
set
{
this.label4.Text = value;
}
}
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string result = await GetName();
label4.Text = result ;
}
}

step 3. set the property when button2 is clicked.

private async void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 f1 = new Form1();
this.Close();
string result = await GetName();
f1.LabelText=result ;
f1.Show();
}

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Sachin Singh5y ago
Accepted answer
step 1. create a method that returns the name, instead of directly calling it in clickevent.
private async Task<string> GetName()
{
    token = await GraphHelper.GetTokenForUserAsync();
    User graphUser = await GraphHelper.GetMeAsync(token);
    return graphUser.DisplayName;
}
step 2. Define property in form 1.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    public static string token;
    public static GraphServiceClient graphClient;
public string LabelText
{
  get
{
  return this.label4.Text;
}
  set
{
  this.label4.Text = value;
}
}

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

      string result = await GetName();

        label4.Text = result ;
    }
}
step 3. set the property when button2 is clicked.
private async void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form1 f1 = new Form1();
    this.Close();

  string result = await GetName();
    f1.LabelText=result ;
f1.Show();
}
Gordana Tasic5y ago
It works. Thank you very much!