Question

I have ASP.NET web service project. I must “switch off” (return void or null) the all methods in this service if current time is between 00:00 and 01:00. What is the best way to do it? may be global.asax file?

Answer 1

You can do that on Global.asax, on Application_BeginRequest, just check if is a webservice and then if not allow that hours you just cut it.

protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   string cTheFile = HttpContext.Current.Request.Path;
   string sExtentionOfThisFile = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(cTheFile);
   // here you can check what file you wish to cut, ether by file, ether by extention
   if (sExtentionOfThisFile.Equals(".asmx", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
   {
     // and here is the time limit.
     if(DateTime.UtcNow.Hour >= 0 && DateTime.UtcNow.Hour <= 1)
     {
        HttpContext.Current.Response.TrySkipIisCustomErrors = true;
        HttpContext.Current.Response.StatusCode = 403;
        HttpContext.Current.Response.End();
        return ;    
    }    
  }
}