Application and the Session level events using Global.asax

Application and the Session level events using Global.asax

This file exposes the application and session level events in ASP.NET and provides a gateway to all the application and the session level events in ASP.NET. This file can be used to implement the important application and session level events such as Application_Start, Application_End, Session_Start, Session_End, etc.



Events in the Global.asax file :

Application_Init

The Application_Init event is fired when an application initializes the first time.

Application_Start

The Application_Start event is fired the first time when an application starts.

Session_Start

The Session_Start event is fired the first time when a user’s session is started. This typically contains for session initialization logic code.

Application_BeginRequest

The Application_BeginRequest event is fired each time a new request comes in.

Application_EndRequest

The Application_EndRequest event is fired when the application terminates.

Application_AuthenticateRequest

The Application_AuthenticateRequest event indicates that a request is ready to be authenticated. If you are using Forms Authentication, this event can be used to check for the user’s roles and rights.

Application_Error

The Application_Error event is fired when an unhandled error occurs within the application.

Session_End

The Session_End Event is fired whenever a single user Session ends or times out.

Application_End

The Application_End event is last event of its kind that is fired when the application ends or times out. It typically contains application cleanup logic.

Example :

//Fired the first time when an application starts.

 void Application_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
 {
   Application["Hits"] = 0;
   Application["Sessions"] = 0;
   Application["TerminatedSessions"]=0;

   or

   RETRIVE VALUES FROM DATABASE  
 }

 //The BeginRequest event is fired for every hit to every page in the site

 void Application_BeginRequest(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
{
 Application.Lock();
 Application["Hits"] = (int) Application["Hits"] + 1;
 Application.UnLock();
 }

 //Fired when a new user visits the application Web site.

 void Session_Start(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 Application.Lock();
 Application["Sessions"] = (int) Application["Sessions"] + 1;
 Application.UnLock();
 }

// Fired when a user’s session times out, ends, or they leave the application Web site

 void Session_End(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 Application.Lock();
 Application["TerminatedSessions"] =
 (int) Application["TerminatedSessions"] + 1;
 Application.UnLock();
 }

//Fired when the last instance of an HttpApplication class is destroyed. It’s fired only once during an application’s lifetime

 void Application_End(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
 {
 SAVE VALUES (HITS, SESSIONS) IN DATABASE
 }

//User count
label1.text=application["Sessions"].tostring;

//Hits
label2.text=application["Hits"].tostring;

(or)

Retrive values from database and put count in lable

this will give the no of visitors in ur page