ASP.NET Application State

[qwedster]

Hello!

I tried to use Application State as given in MSDN (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178594.aspx):

I opened a WebApplicaion (C#) in Visual Studio 2008 and added Global.asax file.

And added the following code (from MSDN) in Global.asax:

<%@ Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.Global" Language="C#" %>
<object runat="server" scope="application" ID="MyInfo" 
    PROGID="MSWC.MYINFO">
</object>
 

Just to check, when I run the application I get the following error:


Server Error in '/' Application.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Parser Error
Description: An error occurred during the parsing of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific parse error details and modify your source file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: Cannot load type with ProgID 'MSWC.MYINFO'.

Source Error:


Line 1: <%@ Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" Inherits="WebApplication1.Global" Language="C#" %>
Line 2: <object runat="server" scope="application" ID="MyInfo"
Line 3: PROGID="MSWC.MYINFO">
Line 4: </object>


Source File: /global.asax Line: 2


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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.3603; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.3082

Please help.

Thanks.

[sanjib65]

I hope you have noticed this line in MSDN :

"You can use application state in two ways. You can add, access, or remove values from the Contents collection directly through code. The HttpApplicationState class can be accessed at any time during the life of an application. However, it is often useful to load application state data when the application starts. "

You're going second way, no matter, but you need to access Application object through the Page_Load method by this code in any page:

protected void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Label1.Text = MyInfo.Title;
}
 

Have you tried that?

[qwedster]

I want to use object in Global.asax:

<object runat="server" scope="application" ID="MyInfo" 
    PROGID="MSWC.MYINFO">
</object>

If I use this code, the I get Parser Error Message: Cannot load type with ProgID 'MSWC.MYINFO'.

Can you give me the right code for Global.asax and Default.aspx.cs?

[sanjib65]

Try this code in Global.asax :

<%@ Application Language="C#" %>
 
<script runat="server">
 
    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        // Code that runs on application startup
        Application.Add("count", 0);
        Application.Add("PageView", 0);
    }
 
    void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        //  Code that runs on application shutdown
 
    }
 
    void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    { 
        // Code that runs when an unhandled error occurs
 
    }
 
    void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        // Code that runs when a new session is started
        try
        {
            int PageView = int.Parse(Application.Get("PageView").ToString());
            PageView++;
            Application.Set("PageView", PageView);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Response.Write(ex);
        }
        Session.Add("somevalue", Session.SessionID);
    }
 
    void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        // Code that runs when a session ends. 
        // Note: The Session_End event is raised only when the sessionstate mode
        // is set to InProc in the Web.config file. If session mode is set to StateServer 
        // or SQLServer, the event is not raised.
        int PageView = int.Parse(Application.Get("PageView").ToString());
        PageView--;
        Application.Set("PageView", PageView);
 
    }
 
</script>
 

And in Default.aspx.cs use this code:

using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;
 
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page 
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (Page.IsPostBack == true)
        {
            Label1.Text = string.Format("Original: " + Application["count"]);
            ViewState.Add("ViewStateItem", "Hello World" );
        }
        Label3.Text = "Page Viewed so far...." + Application.Get("PageView").ToString();    
        //Response.Write("Page Viewed so far...." + Application.Get("PageView").ToString());
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int Count = (int)Application["count"];
        Count++;
        Application["count"] = Count;
        Label2.Text = String.Format("Updated: {0}", Application["count"]);
        //Label4.Text = ViewState["ViewStateItem"].ToString();
        Label4.Text = Session["somevalue"].ToString();
    }
}
 

In Default.aspx I used a button and 4 Labels whose text properties hold the Application and Session State values.