Session_End only working when browser is left open

[vickyl]

Hi,

I've been having this problem for the pas few days so i thought i'd post and see if anyone could help.

I have an application that has code to delete file in Session_end. When i start a session and then do nothing in the browser for the timeout amount of time, session_end fires and the code works....the files get deleted. However, if i close the browser and wait the same amount of time (or longer) Session_End never fires. I know that closing the browser doesn't call session_end.... i am actually waiting the timeout amount of time but Session_end just never fires.....Is there something about Session_end and closing browsers that i am not aware of?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help :)

vicky

[Plater]

Session_End() should fire after the timeout time, regardless of if browser is left open or is closed.
Is your Session type set to "InProc" (I think that's the default)

[vickyl]

yes it is InProc

this seems very bizarre to me....

[vickyl]

this is the code i have in my session_end. i am testing on my machine and no one else has access so session.count should always be 1....which it is when i keep the browser open....but seems to change when i close the browser:


Sub Session_End(ByV al sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
If session.Count = 1
Dim s As String
Dim path As String = HttpRuntime.App DomainAppPath

For Each s In System.IO.Direc tory.GetFiles(p ath + "\TempReference Files\")
System.IO.File. Delete(s)
Next s
End If
End Sub

[Plater]

Why do that at every session_end(), wouldn't that mess up anyone else trying to use the stite?
You could do it in Application_End ()?

EDIT:
As for why the session count goes up, when you close your browser and then goto website again, you will get a new session, so the count will go up.

[vickyl]

well that's why i check if any other sessions are open....if there are more than one it doesn't delete (at least that's what i'm trying to do).

also, at the moment i have my timaout set at 1 minute for testing purposes and i'm not opening any other browsers.....so there should only always be 1 session open at a time

[Plater]

As far as my testings have shown, when the last session "ends", the Application_End () event fires

[vickyl]

ok i may have misunderstood the session_end.... i was under the impression that it fired every time a session would timeout....not just the last one

[Plater]

ok i may have misunderstood the session_end.... i was under the impression that it fired every time a session would timeout....not just the last one

No you are correct, it *should* fire for every session that ends (as long as session is listed as "InProc"). However after the last session has ended, my application seems to call the application_end () function and shut itself down.