Trouble using cookie in control during Page_Init

I have a header control that I include in my .aspx page. In this control, I'm trying to retrieve a cookie value and store it into a string, but I am receiving an "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." error. Below is the code. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

.aspx page:

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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireUp=true CodeFile="OrderAdmin.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>

<%@ Reference Control="/custom/applications/shared_controls/reasonEntry.ascx" %>

<%@ Register tagprefix="RBARC" tagname="Header" src="/custom/applications/shared_controls/header.ascx" %>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<!-- START OrderAdmin.aspx -->

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

    <head>

        <link rel="stylesheet" href="../appStyles.css" type="text/css" />

        <link href="/custom/applications/Yahoo_Tools_2_5_0/yui/build/calendar/assets/calendar.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />

        <title>Order Administration</title>

    </head>

    <body>

        <RBARC:Header ID="pageHeader" runat="server" />
 
<!--rest of code here-->

        </body>

</html>

C# code:

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using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.UI;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;

using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

using System.Text;
 
public partial class Header : System.Web.UI.UserControl

{

    //Secure is a proprietary object of Vandamme Associates

    //http://www.vandamme.com
 
    //constant value

    const string STAFF_CODE = "RC_STAFF";

    const string EXIT_CODE = "EXIT";
 
    private void Page_Init(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

    {

        //retrieves encrypted user ID and decrypts if not already created

        if (Session["UserID"] == null)

        {

            Secure decryptUID = new Secure();

            string encryptedValue = Request.Cookies["UserID"].Value;

            Session["UserID"] = decryptUID.Decrypt(encryptedValue);

            encryptedValue = String.Empty;

        }
 
        if (Session["RC_User_Level"] == null)

        {

            CDataAccess getSelectionCodes = new CDataAccess(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["ConnectionStringiMIS"]);

            getSelectionCodes.OpenConnection();

            getSelectionCodes.SelectData("Custom_GetCodes '" + Session["UserID"] + "'");

            if (getSelectionCodes.ReadNextRow())

            {

                Session["RC_User_Level"] = getSelectionCodes.GetString("INTERNET_SELECTION_CODES");

            }

            getSelectionCodes.CloseConnection();

        }

    }

//rest of code here
 
}

May 28 '08 #1

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mikeh3275

Looks like I solved my own problem. The control had to be put in the form tag. Bury at will.

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