Add a UrlRoutingHandler to the web.config. This requires your url to be a bit more specific however (f.e. /Users/john.lee). This forces every url starting with /Users to be treated as a MVC url: <system.webServer> <handlers> <add name=”UrlRoutingHandler” type=”System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingHandler, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a” path=”/Users/*” verb=”GET”/> </handlers> </system.webServer>
Try AcquireRequestState in Global.asax. Session is available in this event which fires for each request: void Application_AcquireRequestState(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Session is Available here HttpContext context = HttpContext.Current; context.Session[“foo”] = “foo”; } Valamas – Suggested Edit: Used this with MVC 3 successfully and avoids session error. protected void Application_AcquireRequestState(object sender, EventArgs e) { … Read more
I’m afraid Cos’s answer isn’t quite accurate. You don’t have to wire it up because the base HttpApplication class does it for you. There isn’t an interface or an override here; HttpApplication uses reflection to hook up these methods to the events based on the method name. So it’s a bit of convention-based magic that … Read more
The application_end event primarily fires when the IIS pool is recycled or the application itself is unloaded. One other thing to note, that a change to a dependent file (say web.config) will cause the application to reload itself, which will in cause the application_end event to fire while it is closing itself off. To note, … Read more
In classic (legacy) ASP, there are a handful of special function names that, if defined in your global.asa file, will be run at specified points during the application lifecycle. These are defined as: Application_OnStart – runs once, when your application receives the first HTTP request and immediately before any .ASP files are processed. Application_OnEnd – … Read more
It don’t create normally; you need to add it by yourself. After adding Global.asax by Right clicking your website -> Add New Item -> Global Application Class -> Add You need to add a class Right clicking App_Code -> Add New Item -> Class -> name it Global.cs -> Add Inherit the newly generated by … Read more
A simple way to break in Application_Start() is to use the System.Diagnostics.Debugger class. You can force the application to break by inserting System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break() where you would like the debugger to break. void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) { System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(); // … }
From the MSDN docs: The Application_Start and Application_End methods are special methods that do not represent HttpApplication events. ASP.NET calls them once for the lifetime of the application domain, not for each HttpApplication instance. Init: Called once for every instance of the HttpApplication class after all modules have been created. UPDATE: if you need to … Read more
One situation I’ve encountered which caused this problem is when you specify the platform for a build through “Build Configuration”. If you specify x86 as your build platform, visual studio will automatically assign bin/x86/Debug as your output directory for this project. This is perfectly valid for other project types, except for web applications where ASP.NET … Read more
You could try System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath(). No HttpContext required.