asp.net application timeout

[smalcat]

I have created an asp.net webservice in c#.

Problem is the following. I am using ... Application[myVar] ... which provides me a global variable for all the users. To load the variable takes 1 min since it is quite big (2.2Gb).

Every 20 min it gets timedout and i would like to make it permanent or at least couple days to timeout. Is there a way to do that?

I have hard time to figure out where I set SessionTimeout and where ApplicationTime out (if it even exists).

I tried changing Web.Config:
<sessionState timeout="1000" />
And changing various timeouts in iis manager

Both with little success

[radcaesar]

No, Its not app sesstion its web service timeout.

set the Timeout property of bebservice to -1

Webservice1.Tim eout=-1;

[smalcat]

Where do I do that?

Shurly not where I use it. I mean that timeout is supposed to be how long you are prepared to wait for webservice. Or am i wrong?

[Plater]

Where do I do that?

Shurly not where I use it. I mean that timeout is supposed to be how long you are prepared to wait for webservice. Or am i wrong?

If your application has not been used for X amount of minutes (by anyone) it auto-shuts itself down. I don't however, remember where you can set that setting.

[smalcat]

If your application has not been used for X amount of minutes (by anyone) it auto-shuts itself down. I don't however, remember where you can set that setting.

Exactly. I would really like to learn where I could set this.

[Plater]

It might be linked in with the Session handling. If the last session "expires" then it turns off?
That's the only other timing I could find (besides connection timeout)

[smalcat]

I found it. I am posting in the event someone will have the same problem.

IIS Manager -> (ComputerName) - > Application Pools -> (right click) Properties -> (tab) Performence -> deselect Idle timeout checkbox or change time in minutes

: )

[Plater]

Hmm, I don't appear to have that in my IIS.
Are you running IIS 6 or something?