ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

Start

Synopsis

Sub Session_OnStart( )
   ‘Event handler logic
End Sub

Fired when the session is created. The event handler for this event should be defined in the global.asax application file.

Parameters

None

Example

The example writes an entry to both the Application Event log and the IIS log for the application to indicate that the Start event has fired:

<Script language="VB" runat="server">
   Sub Session_OnStart(  )
      Dim EventLog1 As New System.Diagnostics.EventLog ("Application", _
         ".", "mySource")
      EventLog1.WriteEntry("Session_OnStart fired!")
      Context.Response.AppendToLog("Session_OnStart fired!")
   End Sub
</script>

Notes

The Start event is useful for performing initialization tasks for a new session. One limitation of classic ASP, the inability to access the Server.MapPath method in the Session_OnStart event handler, is eliminated in ASP.NET. You can now successfully call Server.MapPath from within this event handler.