The Global.asax file, also known as the ASP.NET application file, is an optional file that contains code for responding to application-level events raised by ASP.NET or by HttpModules.
The Global.asax file resides in the root directory of an ASP.NET-based application. The Global.asax file is parsed and dynamically compiled by ASP.NET.
The Global.asax file itself is configured so that any direct URL request for it is automatically rejected; external users cannot download or view the code written within it.
The Global.asax file does not need recompilation if no changes have been made to it. There can be only one Global.asax file per application and it should be located in the application's root directory only.
The Global.asax contains two types of events those are
Events which are fired for every request
Events which are not fired for every request
The Global.asax file resides in the root directory of an ASP.NET-based application. The Global.asax file is parsed and dynamically compiled by ASP.NET.
The Global.asax file itself is configured so that any direct URL request for it is automatically rejected; external users cannot download or view the code written within it.
The Global.asax file does not need recompilation if no changes have been made to it. There can be only one Global.asax file per application and it should be located in the application's root directory only.
The Global.asax contains two types of events those are
Events which are not fired for
every request
Application_Start() – This
event raised when the application starts up and application domain is created.
Session_Start() – This event
raised for each time a new session begins, This is a good place to put code
that is session-specific.
Application_Error() – This
event raised whenever an unhandled exception occurs in the application. This
provides an opportunity to implement generic application-wide error handling.
Session_End() – This event
called when session of user ends.
Application_End() – This event
raised just before when web application ends.
Application_Disposed() – This
event fired after the web application is destroyed and this event is used to
reclaim the memory it occupies.
Events which are fired for every request
Events which are not fired for every request
Application_BeginRequest() –
This event raised at the start of every request for the web application.
Application_AuthenticateRequest
– This event rose just before the user credentials are authenticated. We can
specify our own authentication logic here to provide custom authentication.
Application_AuthorizeRequest()
– This event raised after successful completion of authentication with user’s
credentials. This event is used to determine user permissions. You can use this
method to give authorization rights to user.
Application_ResolveRequestCache()
– This event raised after completion of an authorization request and this event
used in conjunction with output caching. With output caching, the rendered HTML
of a page is reused without executing its code.
Application_AcquireRequestState()
– This event raised just before session-specific data is retrieved for the
client and is used to populate Session Collection for current request.
Application_PreRequestHandlerExecute()
– This event called before the appropriate HTTP handler executes the request.
Application_PostRequestHandlerExecute()
– This event called just after the request is handled by its appropriate HTTP
handler.
Application_ReleaseRequestState()
– This event raised when session specific information is about to serialized
from the session collection.
Application_UpdateRequestCache()
– This event raised just before information is added to output cache of the
page.
Application_EndRequest() – This
event raised at the end of each request right before the objects released.
simple example in Global.asax
First Open visual Studio ---> Create New Website after that right click on Solution explorer and select new item
After adding code in Global.asax open your website aspx page and design your aspx page like this
simple example in Global.asax
First Open visual Studio ---> Create New Website after that right click on Solution explorer and select new item
After select Add New Item window will open in that select Global Application Class and click ok
After add file open Global.asax file and add following code in Global.asax file
<%@ Application Language="C#" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO" %>
<script runat="server">
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs on
application startup
WriteFile("Application
Starting");
}
protected void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs on
application shutdown
WriteFile("Application
Ending");
}
protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs when an
unhandled error occurs
string strError;
strError =
Server.GetLastError().ToString();
if(Context!=null)
{
Context.ClearError();
Response.Write("Application_Error" + "<br/>");
Response.Write("<b>Error
Msg:</b>" + strError + "<br/>"+"<b>End
Error Msg<b/>");
}
}
protected void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Code that runs when a new
session is started
Response.Write("Session_Start" + "<br/>");
}
protected 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.
Response.Write("Session_End"+"<br/>");
}
protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender,EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_BeginRequest" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_EndRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_EndRequest" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_AcquireRequestState(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_AcquireRequestState" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_AuthenticateRequest" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_AuthorizeRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_AuthorizeRequest" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_PostRequestHandlerExecute(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_PostRequestHandlerExecute" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_PreRequestHandlerExecute(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_PreRequestHandlerExecute" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_PreSendRequestContent(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_PreSendRequestContent" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_PreSendRequestHeaders(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_PreSendRequestHeaders" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_ReleaseRequestState(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_ReleaseRequestState" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_ResolveRequestCache(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_ResolveRequestCache" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_UpdateRequestCache(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_UpdateRequestCache" + "<br/>");
}
protected void Application_Disposed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Response.Write("Application_Disposed"+"<br/>");
}
public void WriteFile(string strText)
{
StreamWriter strWriter
= new StreamWriter(@"C:test.txt", true);
string str
= DateTime.Now + " " + strText;
strWriter.WriteLine(str);
strWriter.Close();
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Global Events Demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<h1>Global Events</h1>
<asp:Button ID="btnEndSession" runat="server" Text="End Session" onclick="btnEndSession_Click" />
<asp:Button ID="btnError" runat="server" Text="Generate Error" onclick="btnError_Click" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
After that write the following code in code behind
protected void btnEndSession_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Session.Abandon();
}
protected void btnError_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int a = 5;
int b = 0;
int c=a / b;
}
