Global application function asp.net

[Matt]

Hi,

I am writing a web appplication that will use a global licensing
paradigm. For every instance of the server I want to check the
licensing requirements i.e the application in a global context. I've
read that using the Application_Startup event in HttpApplication class
is useless because an application does not map to an instance of the
webapp - i.e that method could be called more than once as more
httpApplication instances are created to handle request from the same
app.

Is there any way I can ensure that a method is only called once if a
client is connected? Maybe a global sessionsAlive boolean or such? Or
somewhere that ALL asp.net httpApp instances have access to so I could
query the contents of a container.

Thanks
Matt

 

[Guest]

I think your best bet for this is to have a central WebService that each app
would automatically make a call to at startup, and it would return the
information you need to make licensing-type decisions. You could use a
database for lookups in order to enhance persistence across application
restarts.
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[Matt]

I agree, that cerainly makes sense from a design point of view. thanks
peter