This tutorial will show how we can both write to and read from a simple cookie. VB version.Using Cookies in web pages is very useful for temporarily
storing small amounts of data, for the website to use.
Reading and Writing Cookies in ASP.NET and VB
This tutorial will show how we can both write to and read from a simple cookie. VB version.
Using Cookies in web pages is very useful for temporarily
storing small amounts of data, for the website to use. These Cookies
are small text files that are stored on the user's computer, which the
web site can read for information; a web site can also write new
cookies.
An example of using cookies efficiently would be for a web
site to tell if a user has already logged in. The login information can
be stored in a cookie on the user's computer and read at any time by
the web site to see if the user is currently logged in. This enables
the web site to display information based upon the user's current
status - logged in or logged out.
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Cookies can be very powerful, yet are very small text files and,
fortunately, ASP.NET makes it easy for us to both read and write
cookies.
In this example, we will have two ASPX pages: One to write a cookie, and one to read this same cookie.
The first ASPX page will look something like this:
<form id="form1" runat="server">
Cookie Name <asp:textbox id="NameField" runat="server"/><br />
Cookie Value <asp:textbox id="ValueField" runat="server"/><br />
<asp:button ID="Button1" text="WriteCookie" onclick="WriteClicked" runat="server" /><br />
<asp:HyperLink ID="lnkRead" NavigateUrl="Read.aspx" runat="server" Visible="false">Read the cookies <br />
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The code-behind for this page will look something like this:
Partial Public Class _Default
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
End Sub
Protected Sub WriteClicked(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
lnkRead.Visible = True
lnkRead.NavigateUrl = "Read.aspx?cookie=" & NameField.Text.ToString()
'Create a new cookie, passing the name into the constructor
Dim cookie As New HttpCookie(NameField.Text)
'Set the cookies value
cookie.Value = ValueField.Text
'Set the cookie to expire in 1 minute
Dim dtNow As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Dim tsMinute As New TimeSpan(0, 0, 1, 0)
cookie.Expires = dtNow.Add(tsMinute)
'Add the cookie
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie)
lblRead.Text = "Cookie written."
End Sub
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We also create a page to read the cookie, which will be as follows:
| <form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:Label ID="lblCookie" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</form> |
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The code-behind for this page will look something like this:
Partial Class Read
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
If Request.QueryString("cookie") IsNot Nothing Then
ReadCookie()
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub ReadCookie() 'Get the cookie name the user entered
Dim strCookieName As String = Request.QueryString("cookie").ToString()
'Grab the cookie
Dim cookie As HttpCookie = Request.Cookies(strCookieName)
'Check to make sure the cookie exists
If cookie Is Nothing Then
lblCookie.Text = "Cookie not found. <br><hr>"
Else 'Write the cookie value
Dim strCookieValue As String = cookie.Value.ToString()
lblCookie.Text
= "The " & strCookieName & " cookie contains: <b>" &
strCookieValue & "</b><br><hr>"
End If
End Sub
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