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ASP.NET in a Nutshell
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ASP.NET in a Nutshell

by G. Andrew Duthie, Matthew MacDonald
June 2002
Intermediate to advanced
816 pages
28h 12m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

StaticObjects

Synopsis

HttpStaticObjectsCollection = Session.StaticObjects

Returns an HttpStaticObjectsCollection containing all objects instantiated in global.asax by using the <object runat="server"> syntax whose scope is set to Session.

Parameters

HttpStaticObjectsCollection

A variable of type HttpStaticObjectsCollection that will receive the StaticObjects property value.

Example

The example uses the Count property of the HttpStaticObjectsCollection class to display the number of objects in the current application declared with the <object scope="session" runat="server"/> syntax in global.asax. It then checks the type of each object and, if it is a TextBox web control, adds it to the Controls collection of the form:

Sub Page_Load(  )
   Message.Text = "There are " & Session.StaticObjects.Count & _
      " objects declared with the " & _
      "&lt;object runat=&quot;server&quot;&gt; syntax in Session scope."
   Dim myobj As Object
   For Each myObj in Session.StaticObjects
      If myObj.Value.GetType.ToString(  ) = _
         "System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox" Then
         myForm.Controls.Add(myObj.Value)
      End If
   Next
End Sub

You also need to modify the <body> section of the document as follows:

<body>
   <form id="myForm" runat="server">
      <asp:label id="Message" runat="server"/>
   </form>
</body>

Notes

This property is provided for backward compatibility with classic ASP. You should think carefully before instantiating objects with Session or Application scope because of the impact such objects have on resource usage and application ...

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