Question

I have the following that I’m using in every page:

public partial class Pages_MyPage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
   ViewUserPreferencesModel TheUserPreferences;

   Protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
      TheUserPreferences = (ViewUserPreferencesModel)Session["SessionUserPreferences"];

And then I use a Page Method like this:

[WebMethod]
public static string GetAppointements(string DateInput)
{
   ViewUserPreferencesModel TheUserPreferences = (ViewUserPreferencesModel)HttpContext.Current.Session["SessionUserPreferences"];

My question is this: Do I need to include the statement that loads user preferences when I run the page method or are the statements in the Page_Load event triggered when the page method is called, and if they are, will the variable be populated?

Thanks.

Answer 1

No, Page Methods do not follow the ASP.NET page lifecycle. However, even if they did, your TheUserPreferences variable won’t be accessible in the static context.