Question

I have a webforms application with functions that frequently require a particular value, in this case the logged in user:

// Get user
string strUser = (HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name);

What it the best way to populate this string only once and call it from everywhere in my application?

Answer 1

you can have a Session variable to hold it

Session["UserName"] = "myusername";

If its a session dependent variable like a logged in user name use Session state
else use Application state, Application state applies to all users and sessions