Global Constants in ASP.NET 1

[sand133]

Hi guys I am embarking a system re-write of our application from asp to asp.net.

My question is how do i go about creating and using a global constants file that is available within my aspx files as well as the associated code behind files. I have had a look around and after discussing it with some people i dont want to go down the webconfig route. Any other suggestions

many thanks.

 

[jbenson001]

You can create a class file that holds your constants if you don't want to use the web.config file.

Jim

 

[ca8msm]

You could also use Application variables.


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[sand133]

i have created a class, what are my options so i can access the variables from my aspx and the associated code behind files bareing in mind that i have 80 aspx files. Can i use include?? please do provide a code example if possible.

many thanks again

 

[BoulderBum]

Unless you need to frequently change the global variables at runtime, the proper way to do this really is to use web.config either through the AppSettings or a custom ConfigurationSection if you need more than key/value pairs.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationsection.aspx

Note that it isn't to say you can provide programmatic wrappers for accessing the configuration section values in a friendly way, it just gives you a more organized and powerful place to put constants.

Otherwise, just do something like this:

public static class GlobalConstants
{
private static int _myInt;

static GlobalConstants
{
MyInt = 5;
}

public static int MyInt
{
get{ return _myInt; }
set{ _myInt = value; }
}
}

Then in your aspx or code-behind, you'd register the namespace and reference the variable thusly:

int localInt = GlobalConstants.MyInt;