timeout annoyance

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Jean Vallee asked 2025-08-25 17:36:47 UTC

For some unknown reason, my app crashes (EVERY OTHER TIME) when I try to store the value of Application.Configuration.SessionTimeout in an int variable.

It always crashes the first time but always runs correctly the next. Rinse and repeat. I took a video but it's too large for this forum.

When writing and debugging, the time needed to restart adds up.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[itg-assistant]

Frank (ITG) answered 2025-08-25 22:50:58 UTC

Hi Jean,

we need a test case to see your code. What does "crash" mean? Do you get an exception.

Best regards
Frank

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Jean Vallee answered 2025-08-26 13:02:53 UTC

Screen shot of error. This is the exact line of code where the error occurs EVERY OTHER TIME.

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Julie (ITG) answered 2025-08-26 13:38:15 UTC

That’s working correctly, You are using statics which are initialized before anything else is loaded. There is no Application, no Configuration and no Session available when initializing statics.

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Jean Vallee answered 2025-08-26 16:41:47 UTC

This only happens EVERY OTHER TIME. Once the error occurs, I click the Stop Button and immediately restart the app and it ALWAYS runs correctly (the second time).

If this is true: "There is no Application, no Configuration and no Session available when initializing statics." how is it running correctly the second time?

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Julie (ITG) answered 2025-08-27 13:26:22 UTC

It’s running correctly the second time because iis express is keeping the assembly loaded. Anyways, this is not a wisej issue. For more information about statics, see here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/static-classes-and-static-class-members

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Jean Vallee answered 2025-08-28 19:03:06 UTC

This code does not get executed until after 1) the login page is displayed and 2)user name and password validations are run. It’s not complaining when the app loads. Only when it hits this code for the first time.