httpModule for Unhandled Exceptions

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I am writing an httpModule for unhandled exceptions.
I want to log what application the error occured in.
Normally in 1.x I would do this by getting the AssemblyName associated with
the executing assembly.

In 2.0 this comes up as app_web_x213
which is not real helpful. This is probably the dll that asp.net 2.0
compiled the page to.

What's the best way to figure out the name of the app that had the exception?

[Walter Wang [MSFT]]

Hi Chuck,

ASP.NET 2.0 introduced new compilation model which creates separate
assemblies for the contents of the App_Code directory as well as the
global.asax file (if present), and then compiles all of the .aspx files in
each directory into a separate assembly. (If pages in the same directory
are authored in different languages or if they have dependencies on each
other through an @ Reference directive, they could also end up in separate
assemblies.) User controls and Master Pages are also typically compiled
independently from .aspx pages. It is also possible to configure the
App_Code directory to create multiple assemblies if, for example, you
wanted to include both Visual Basic? and C# source code in a project.

You will have two options to make your logging functionality has meaningful
AssemblyName as you did in 1.1:

1) Use Web Deployment Project add-on
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336619.aspx). This will compile
and merge your Web Site into a single assembly.

2) Use Web Application Project add-on (available in VS2005 SP1 or download
standalone from http://webproject.scottgu.com/). This will use the same
model as in 1.1 for web project.

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,
Walter Wang (wa****@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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