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Chapter 23: The System.Web Namespace

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HttpApplication.Context, System.Web.Security.DefaultAuthenticationEventArgs.Context,

System.Web.Security.FormsAuthenticationEventArgs.Context, System.Web.Security.Passpor-

tAuthenticationEventArgs.Context, System.Web.Security.WindowsAuthenticationEventArgs.

Context, System.Web.Services.WebService.Context, System.Web.UI.Control.Context

Passed To

Multiple types

HttpCookie

System.Web (system.web.dll)

sealed class

Use this class to create a client-side cookie. The HttpCookie constructor takes a string

representing the name of the cookie. After creating a cookie, you can add information

to it in the form of name/value pairs by using the HttpCookieCollection.Add( ) method as

follows: objCookies.Values.Add("Name", "John");. Values can be retrieved by using their name

with a syntax like strName = objCookies.Values["Name"];.

To send the cookie to the client browser as part of the HTTP response, use the

AppendCookie( ) method of the HttpResponse class. This method stores the cookie on the

client browser. You can then retrieve a cookie from the HttpResponse class’s cookie

collection on other pages by using the cookie name, as in Response.Cookies["NameList"].To

ensure compatibility with all browsers, you should not store more than 4096 bytes in a ...