Cookie not created! Help please.

[Clint]

I am using the following C# code in a function called by a
button click:

HttpCookie cookie = new HttpCookie("UserName");
cookie.Value = tbUserName.Text;
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);

When I go to look for this cookie on my system, I cannot
find it anywhere. If I close my browser, then open the
browser again and try to reload the page, I get ASP.NET
errors because of a null reference when the cookie was not
found. Obviously, I need to add some code to check if the
cookie exists and if not load the page with defaults, but
why is the cookie not created? Am I missing something? I
am testing this on a Windows XP Professional system
running IIS.

[AW]

If you want the cookie to be kept when you close your browser, you must set
the Expires property of the cookie to something; this will make a persistent
cookie.

If you don't do so (like in your example), a temporary cookie is created. A
temporary cookie is lost when the browser is closed, while a persistent
cookie isn't.
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Arnaud Weil - MCT, MCSD.Net, MCAD.Net

Is there a way to set the Expires property so that the
cookie does not expire?

-----Original Message-----
If you want the cookie to be kept when you close your browser, you must setthe Expires property of the cookie to something; this will make a persistentcookie.

If you don't do so (like in your example), a temporary cookie is created. Atemporary cookie is lost when the browser is closed, while a persistentcookie isn't.
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[George Durzi]

You have to set the expires date to one that's very far in the future

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Is there a way to set the Expires property so that the
cookie does not expire?

-----Original Message-----
If you want the cookie to be kept when you close your

browser, you must set

the Expires property of the cookie to something; this

will make a persistent

cookie.

If you don't do so (like in your example), a temporary

cookie is created. A

temporary cookie is lost when the browser is closed,

while a persistent

cookie isn't.
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To reply, remove a "l" before the @ sign.

Arnaud Weil - MCT, MCSD.Net, MCAD.Net
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[Clint]

Thanks for your help! It works now!

-----Original Message-----
If you want the cookie to be kept when you close your browser, you must setthe Expires property of the cookie to something; this will make a persistentcookie.

If you don't do so (like in your example), a temporary cookie is created. Atemporary cookie is lost when the browser is closed, while a persistentcookie isn't.
--
To reply, remove a "l" before the @ sign.

Arnaud Weil - MCT, MCSD.Net, MCAD.Net
.