Application variables lost in debug mode

[msteinwender]

Here is the scoop and any help is appreciated!

In my Global.asax file I am creating an object and setting that object
to an Application("obj") variable. The object gets created with no
problems and the application variable is set successfully to that
object.

Once the Global.asax page has finished the Application_Start routine
the startUp page (deploy.aspx) is loaded. On that page my application
variables are now null. Even application variables such as a string or
integer are now set to NULL

Here are my dev settings:
Win XP
IIS 6 & IIS 5 (not sure if that is an issue)
IE 6
Web.config file <sessionState mode="InProc"
I am debugging on my local machine (no web farm)
No framesets
Cookies Enabled

I have spent most of the day reading articles and experimenting with
different solutions to similar issues to no avail. So I am posting my
problem with the hope that someone can help me.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

one thing it could be, assuming you have covered ALL your bases, the
application pool could be restarting. I'm not sure why that would happen
though but it would cause your objects to be lost. To either confirm or rule
it out, check your eventwr to see if the processes were recycled.

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Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

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[msteinwender]

I checked the Event Viewer Application, Security and System logs and
there is no activity there. Thanks for your suggestion Alvin.........I
was hoping it would help. You gave me a hand with some OWC stuff a
while back and that was very usefull.
Do you have any other suggestions?

It does not seem that the application is restarting considering the
object takes approx 20 seconds to load into memory as serializable

 

[msteinwender]

Ok this is what happened.......really stupid but hey what can I do
about it now.

Before the Page_Load I was assigning a local variable to the
Application("obj") and the page was crapping out there, it appeared
that my Application sessions were being lost

So I moved my object variable into the page load and there was my
Application variable. So lesson is don't set any variables to sessions
outside of the Page_load event

Thanks Alvin for your advice. I will remember to look there if any else
funny starts happening.

Cheers