Write to Application array in Application_Start?

[Randall Parker]

Can one use the Application array (or list or whatever it is) and set a field of
one's own in Application_Start() and then read out that field in a page's Page_Load()
event?

Or is Application just for ASP.Net's own settings field names?

 

[Karl Seguin [MVP]]

Application.Add("SomeKey", anyVariable);

anyVariable is of type object, so it can be an array or whatever.

It should be noted that it'll be shared amongst all request and you should
be careful about writing into it after Application_Start, but you can easily
read the value in page load:

string[] x = (string[])Application["SomeKey"];

Hope that's what you meant.

Karl