getting 'Object reference not set to an instance' some times

[Binoy]

Hello,

I am getting this error once in a while from my web
sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and
sites are working fine.

Directory structures and file names are as below-

C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
default page and this site works fine.
C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the
site from where all ASPX files (other than default.aspx)
are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages. So
\WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.

C:\Content\div1 .aspx
C:\Content\div2 .aspx
C:\Content\div3 .aspx
C:\Content\div4 .aspx
........ are our divisional site home pages [with
different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a virtul
directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites, so we
have bin directory copied in \content and \content\www as
well.

Error description-
[NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set to an
instance of an object.]
Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
EventArgs e) +347

Anybody has any idea of what is happening?

Thanks in advance - Binoy

[Kevin Spencer]

I would start by looking at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,
EventArgs e)" - Line 347

Could you post that?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:a0******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .

Hello,

I am getting this error once in a while from my web
sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and
sites are working fine.

Directory structures and file names are as below-

C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
default page and this site works fine.
C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the
site from where all ASPX files (other than default.aspx)
are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages. So
\WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.

C:\Content\div1 .aspx
C:\Content\div2 .aspx
C:\Content\div3 .aspx
C:\Content\div4 .aspx
....... are our divisional site home pages [with
different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a virtul
directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites, so we
have bin directory copied in \content and \content\www as
well.

Error description-
[NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set to an
instance of an object.]
Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
EventArgs e) +347

Anybody has any idea of what is happening?

Thanks in advance - Binoy

[bINOY]

Kevin,

Really Global.asax.vb has only 142 lines.

Thanks
-Binoy

-----Original Message-----
I would start by looking at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,EventArgs e)" - Line 347

Could you post that?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in messagenews:a0******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..

Hello,

I am getting this error once in a while from my web
sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and
sites are working fine.

Directory structures and file names are as below-

C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
default page and this site works fine.
C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the
site from where all ASPX files (other than default.aspx) are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages. So \WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.

C:\Content\div1 .aspx
C:\Content\div2 .aspx
C:\Content\div3 .aspx
C:\Content\div4 .aspx
....... are our divisional site home pages [with
different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a virtul directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites, so we have bin directory copied in \content and \content\www as well.

Error description-
[NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set to an
instance of an object.]
Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
EventArgs e) +347

Anybody has any idea of what is happening?

Thanks in advance - Binoy

.

[Kevin Spencer]

Well, the number of lines in your Application+Sta rt method should be even
smaller. What development environment are you using?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"bINOY" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:a1******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .

Kevin,

Really Global.asax.vb has only 142 lines.

Thanks
-Binoy

-----Original Message-----
I would start by looking

at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,

EventArgs e)" - Line 347

Could you post that?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in

message

news:a0******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..

Hello,

I am getting this error once in a while from my web
sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and
sites are working fine.

Directory structures and file names are as below-

C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
default page and this site works fine.
C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the
site from where all ASPX files (other than default.aspx) are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages. So \WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.

C:\Content\div1 .aspx
C:\Content\div2 .aspx
C:\Content\div3 .aspx
C:\Content\div4 .aspx
....... are our divisional site home pages [with
different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a virtul directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites, so we have bin directory copied in \content and \content\www as well.

Error description-
[NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set to an
instance of an object.]
Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
EventArgs e) +347

Anybody has any idea of what is happening?

Thanks in advance - Binoy

.

[Binoy]

Kevin,

We are working on Visual Studio .NET 2003 / Framework 1.1
on Windows XP desktops.

Server is Windows 2000 server with Framework 1.1.

I searched Google and came across with only questions -
No answers.

Thanks
-Binoy

-----Original Message-----
Well, the number of lines in your Application+Sta rt method should be evensmaller. What development environment are you using?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"bINOY" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in messagenews:a1******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..

Kevin,

Really Global.asax.vb has only 142 lines.

Thanks
-Binoy

>-----Original Message-----
>I would start by looking

at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,

>EventArgs e)" - Line 347
>
>Could you post that?
>
>--
>HTH,
>Kevin Spencer
>..Net Developer
>Microsoft MVP
>Big things are made up
>of lots of little things.
>
>"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in

message

>news:a0******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am getting this error once in a while from my web
>> sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and >> sites are working fine.
>>
>> Directory structures and file names are as below-
>>
>> C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
>> default page and this site works fine.
>> C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the >> site from where all ASPX files (other than

default.aspx)

>> are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages.

So

>> \WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.
>>
>> C:\Content\div1 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div2 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div3 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div4 .aspx
>> ....... are our divisional site home pages [with
>> different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a

virtul

>> directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites,

so we

>> have bin directory copied in \content and

\content\www as

>> well.
>>
>> Error description-
>> [NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set

to an >> instance of an object.]
>> Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
>> EventArgs e) +347
>>
>> Anybody has any idea of what is happening?
>>
>> Thanks in advance - Binoy
>
>
>.
>

.

[Kevin Spencer]

Hi Binoy,

I can tell you a couple of things for certain. The error is occurring in
your Application_Sta rt Event handler. The resson refreshing the browser
makes the error go away is that the Application_Sta rt method only fires when
the Application starts, which would happen rarely, and certainly NOT after a
page is refreshed. So, the intermittent part is that the Application_Sta rt
method is only fired intermittently.

The error message indicates that there is a reference to an object in that
method, an object which has not been instantiated in any way. If you post
your Application_Sta rt code I can take a wild guess as to the line that
threw the exception.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:b6******** *************** *****@phx.gbl.. .

Kevin,

We are working on Visual Studio .NET 2003 / Framework 1.1
on Windows XP desktops.

Server is Windows 2000 server with Framework 1.1.

I searched Google and came across with only questions -
No answers.

Thanks
-Binoy

-----Original Message-----
Well, the number of lines in your Application+Sta rt

method should be even

smaller. What development environment are you using?

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"bINOY" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in

message

news:a1******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..

Kevin,

Really Global.asax.vb has only 142 lines.

Thanks
-Binoy

>-----Original Message-----
>I would start by looking
at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,
>EventArgs e)" - Line 347
>
>Could you post that?
>
>--
>HTH,
>Kevin Spencer
>..Net Developer
>Microsoft MVP
>Big things are made up
>of lots of little things.
>
>"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in
message
>news:a0******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am getting this error once in a while from my web
>> sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off and >> sites are working fine.
>>
>> Directory structures and file names are as below-
>>
>> C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is the
>> default page and this site works fine.
>> C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the >> site from where all ASPX files (other than
default.aspx)
>> are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP pages. So
>> \WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX Dlls.
>>
>> C:\Content\div1 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div2 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div3 .aspx
>> C:\Content\div4 .aspx
>> ....... are our divisional site home pages [with
>> different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a
virtul
>> directory (\content\www) for all divisional sites, so we
>> have bin directory copied in \content and \content\www as
>> well.
>>
>> Error description-
>> [NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set to an >> instance of an object.]
>> Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
>> EventArgs e) +347
>>
>> Anybody has any idea of what is happening?
>>
>> Thanks in advance - Binoy
>
>
>.
>

.

[Binoy]

Kevin,

Here's my App Start -

Sub Application_Sta rt(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Fires when the application is
started,Assign the application variables from the
web.config file
Application("In valid_Permissio ns_Page") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("Invalid_Permi ssions_Page").T oString()
Application("As px_Error_File") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("Aspx_Error_Fi le").ToString ()
Application("Im ages_Virtual_Pa th") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("Images_Virtua l_Path").ToStri ng()
Application("st rAspxDefaultFil e") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("Aspx_Default_ File").ToString ()
Application("DD _Menu_XML_CSS_F ile_Path") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("DD_Menu_XML_C SS_File_Path"). ToString()
Application("DD MenuImagePath") =
ConfigurationSe ttings.AppSetti ngs.Item
("DD_Menu_Image _Path").ToStrin g()

Dim objblTopSection As New
myrootnamespace .Templates.blTe mplateImageSect ion
Dim dtSupTopControl As DataTable
Dim intSupplierId As Integer
intSupplierId =
myrootnamespace .Utility_Manage r.CommonFunctio ns.GetSupplie
rID(HttpContext .Current.Reques t.Url.GetLeftPa rt
(Uri_Partial.Au thority))
dtSupTopControl =
objblTopSection .RetreiveCustom SupplierTop(int SupplierId)

Application("Cu stomizeTopNav") =
dtSupTopControl .Rows(0).Item(" Customize")
If Not dtSupTopControl .Rows(0).IsNull
("CustomPageSiz e") Then
Application("Cu stomPageSize") =
dtSupTopControl .Rows(0).Item(" CustomPageSize" )
Else
Application("Cu stomPageSize") = 800
End If
End Sub

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks
-Binoy

-----Original Message-----
Hi Binoy,

I can tell you a couple of things for certain. The error is occurring inyour Application_Sta rt Event handler. The resson refreshing the browsermakes the error go away is that the Application_Sta rt method only fires whenthe Application starts, which would happen rarely, and certainly NOT after apage is refreshed. So, the intermittent part is that the Application_Sta rtmethod is only fired intermittently.

The error message indicates that there is a reference to an object in thatmethod, an object which has not been instantiated in any way. If you postyour Application_Sta rt code I can take a wild guess as to the line thatthrew the exception.

--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in messagenews:b6******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..

Kevin,

We are working on Visual Studio .NET 2003 / Framework 1.1 on Windows XP desktops.

Server is Windows 2000 server with Framework 1.1.

I searched Google and came across with only questions -
No answers.

Thanks
-Binoy

>-----Original Message-----
>Well, the number of lines in your Application+Sta rt

method should be even

>smaller. What development environment are you using?
>
>--
>HTH,
>Kevin Spencer
>..Net Developer
>Microsoft MVP
>Big things are made up
>of lots of little things.
>
>"bINOY" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in

message

>news:a1******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..
>> Kevin,
>>
>> Really Global.asax.vb has only 142 lines.
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Binoy
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I would start by looking
>> at "Admin.Global.A pplication_Star t(Object sender,
>> >EventArgs e)" - Line 347
>> >
>> >Could you post that?
>> >
>> >--
>> >HTH,
>> >Kevin Spencer
>> >..Net Developer
>> >Microsoft MVP
>> >Big things are made up
>> >of lots of little things.
>> >
>> >"Binoy" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in >> message
>> >news:a0******* *************** ******@phx.gbl. ..
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> I am getting this error once in a while from my web >> >> sites. When I will refresh web browser, it goes off

and

>> >> sites are working fine.
>> >>
>> >> Directory structures and file names are as below-
>> >>
>> >> C:\WWW - corporate site, C:\WWW\default. aspx is

the >> >> default page and this site works fine.
>> >> C:\Content\www is a virtual directory(/content) on the

>> >> site from where all ASPX files (other than
>> default.aspx)
>> >> are referenced. All other files in \WWW are ASP

pages.

>> So
>> >> \WWW has a \bin directory, which has all ASPX

Dlls. >> >>
>> >> C:\Content\div1 .aspx
>> >> C:\Content\div2 .aspx
>> >> C:\Content\div3 .aspx
>> >> C:\Content\div4 .aspx
>> >> ....... are our divisional site home pages [with
>> >> different divisional site IPs]. \content is also a >> virtul
>> >> directory (\content\www) for all divisional

sites, so

>> we
>> >> have bin directory copied in \content and

\content\www

>> as
>> >> well.
>> >>
>> >> Error description-
>> >> [NullReferenceEx ception: Object reference not set

to an

>> >> instance of an object.]
>> >> Admin.Global.Ap plication_Start (Object sender,
>> >> EventArgs e) +347
>> >>
>> >> Anybody has any idea of what is happening?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance - Binoy
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

.