Obtain HttpContext.Current from seperate console app

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Weston Weems

first the problem:
I'd like to be able to clear particular cache items from
a consol application running on the same server as the
asp.net website.

My problem is that if I reference System.Web and then try
System.Web.HttpContext.Current

I always get null, which sort of makes sense. ANyone else
have better ideas on how to achieve this?

Thanks.
 
The console application is running in a separate process then the web
application. I see no way that it could possibly tap into the other process
and access the HttpContext of a particular web application.

You would need a web page/web service sitting in that web application
capable of performing this task. Your console app can then make a request to
the page/web service to tell it that it is time to do its work.
 
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