Ch 10 Problem with global.asax

Kris · October 7th, 2003, 06:14 PM

Hi im new to asp.net programming so this question might sound silly to you but I would really need some help. (Im also from Sweden so my english is not very good)

In the example of creating a simple shopping basket in chapter 10 it says in the end that you can add a global.asax file, in where you could write a message ..."buy some of our products, Bill!". I did this and then I wrote in my session.aspx file <%Session("Message")%>. And when I open my session.aspx file I thought I would see this message displayed but I dont. Is it not supposed to be displayed on the page? If it is, then why isnt it there?
Here is the code I have:
In global.asax:

<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub Session_OnStart()
Session("Message") = "Buy some of our products, Bill!"
End Sub
</script>

In session.aspx:

<%@ Page language="VB"%>
<script language="vb" runat="server">

  Sub EmptyClick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    Session("BasketCount") = 0
  End Sub

  Sub AddClick(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    Session("BasketCount") += 1
  End Sub
</script>
<html>
  <body>
    <form id="BasketForm" method="post" runat="server">
      <asp:Button id="Empty" OnClick="EmptyClick" runat="server" Text="Empty"/>
      <br />
      <asp:Button id="Add" OnClick="AddClick" runat="server" Text="Add"/>
      <br />
      Basket items : <%=Session("BasketCount")%>
      <br />

    </form>
<%=Session("Message")%>
  </body>
</html>

I would be really grateful for an answer

Kris

aptbid2002 · October 8th, 2003, 09:39 AM

Okay I used the code you provided and it works just fine on my machine. So make sure that the Global.asax file is in the same folder as your other file. This should solve the problem. If not let me know.

Jason

"Is the glass half full, half empty, or twice as large as it needs to be?"

Kris · October 8th, 2003, 02:36 PM

Thnx for replying!

The two files are located in the same folder so that is not the problem I think. I have a screenshot which shows what is displayed, my two files with code and a directory browse picture. If I could have ur email address I could send it to u and u could take look. (Its 69 K so its not very big)

Thnx very much for ur help.

Kris

aptbid2002 · October 10th, 2003, 08:12 PM

I just ran into a problem on my own machine. I killed my computer the other night removing the GRUB Loader for Linux so Iâve had problems with IIS all day long and Iâm thinking you should try what I just went through. Here goes. Inside IIS right click on the folder where the asp.net page resides. Then choose properties. On the first tab that is displayed, towards the bottom, there will be an application name text box and a button to the right of the text box called âCreateâ. Click that button and give your program a try again. If the button says âRemoveâ than Iâll have to think of something else cause that is not the problem. Let me know.

Jason

"Is the glass half full, half empty, or twice as large as it needs to be?"

Kris · October 11th, 2003, 05:46 PM

doesnt need to, ur solution worked! Now it displays everything correctly!

Thnx very much for ur help!

Regards

Kris

garkalulu · February 15th, 2005, 09:32 PM

My applicaytion in other aspx file cannot access the content on the global.asax file at all.

what might be the problem here?

zakazeka · May 11th, 2005, 09:37 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by aptbid2002
I just ran into a problem on my own machine. I killed my computer the other night removing the GRUB Loader for Linux so Iâve had problems with IIS all day long and Iâm thinking you should try what I just went through. Here goes. Inside IIS right click on the folder where the asp.net page resides. Then choose properties. On the first tab that is displayed, towards the bottom, there will be an application name text box and a button to the right of the text box called âCreateâ. Click that button and give your program a try again. If the button says âRemoveâ than Iâll have to think of something else cause that is not the problem. Let me know.

Jason

"Is the glass half full, half empty, or twice as large as it needs to be?"