Question Globalisation-Cookie problem?

[raysefo]

Hi,

I found an article about globalisation (multi language support)when i googled. It was working fine. But the deal is, if client does NOT accept cookies, what should i do? I mean is there another way to do it without cookie? I tried to use Sessions but global.asax Begin Application does NOT like Sessions. Any help would be great.

thanks in advance

 

[JohnH]

You mean this http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/web-forms/43968-globalization-question.html ?

Dim cookie As HttpCookie = New HttpCookie("culture")
cookie.Value = ddlLanguage.SelectedValue
Response.Cookies.Add(Cookie)

Without cookies enabled you have to find other storage, ASP.NET State Management Overview
You can for example store the value in Session object,

Session("culture") = ddlLanguage.SelectedValue

To enable session when there is no cookies you also have to add this element to web.config file in system.web section:

<sessionState cookieless="AutoDetect" />

ASP.Net will then store the session id in request url when cookies are disabled.

 

[kulrom]

You can certainly deal with sessions from within global.asax ... just you have to access the session object from the Context e.g.

    Protected Sub Application_BeginRequest(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        HttpContext.Current.Session("YourSessionName").ToString()
    End Sub

 

[raysefo]

thanks so much both of you

 

[raysefo]

kulrom,

I tried to use session in my Application_BeginRequest like below but i m getting " System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

If Not HttpContext.Current.Session("lang") Is Nothing Then

Dim ci As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo(HttpContext.Current.Session("lang").ToString())
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci
Else
Dim ci As New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("tr-TR")
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = ci

End If

 

[kulrom]

How do you initialize the Session("lang") ? it is very possible that when you try to use it is either not initialized or expired

 

[raysefo]

I initialize it in Session_start like below;

Session_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
' Code that runs when a new session is started
Session("lang") = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.ToString