Application_error event not firing after publishing

[Khush J]

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I know this has been asked a lot of times, but I could not get things working from those posts.

I have implemented Application_error method in Global.asax file to log and send email for all unhandled exceptions. This works perfectly fine when running on Visual Studio, but as soon as I publish it to the test server, the Application_event stops firing. No log entry is made to the text file and no email is sent.

PrecompiledApp.config file is present in the root directory, along with App_global.asax.compiled, App_global.asax.dll in the bin folder. Global.asax file is not present after I publish the website.

I have tried removing PrecompiledApp.config file, but it doesn't work. I have tried adding Global.asax file to the root directory, but doesn't work. I have tried with

<customErrors mode="Off" />

and

<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="Error Page.aspx" />

in web.config file....nothing works.

I added a line to Page_load of a page:

Response.Write("<br/>ApplicationInstance: " + Context.ApplicationInstance.GetType().FullName);

It returns ApplicationInstance: ASP.global_asax, which should be returned according to a post. Then why is the event not firing?

Please Help!!!

Thanks!!!

[Frinavale]

This sounds suspiciously like a permissions problem.

Typically the anonymous ASP.NET user is not given permissions to write to files and especially not permitted to make log entries for security purposes of the web server that I'm not going to get into right now.

Consider a different means of recording your errors...
Or ask the hosting company to elevate the privileges to allow your application to do what you need it to do.