Cookies

Hello , people

I'm trying to use a cookie to store information about users logged into an application. Everytime I ask for the cookies value it returns nothing. I've tryed giving the cookie a new value and saving it using Response.Cookies.Add("myCookie") . When I get the cookie after saving it the value is null. Does anyone know why this is happening.

how are you creating the cookie? and are you using Classic ASP or .NET? Using them is a little different in each environment.

I've used .net previously to make cookies and had zero problems , visual basic .net 2003 asp web application to be exact. I recently downloaded visual web developer 2005 express. Which basically only creates asp applications and web applications. I used the same code from the 2003 in the newer 2005 and it doesn't work. Here is what I am using.

'create a cookie
Dim CookieSignedIn As New HttpCookie("SignedIn")
'set the value to signed in
CookieSignedIn.Value = "Signed In"
'set the expiration date
CookieSignedIn.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1)
'add to cookies
Response.Cookies.Add(CookieSignedIn)

this code I use to create the cookie

Dim CookieSignIn As HttpCookie = Request.Cookies("SignedIn")
TextBoxName.Text = CookieSignIn.Value

and here I get the cookie and the value

the problem is the cookie is there I've tested that using the request.cookie method , but the cookie had no value when I retreive it.

help me if you can. my coding looks correct.

thanks

Are you trying to use it in the same request that you created it in? Or in a trip back to the server? I haven't used cookies a lot, but I can see a scenario where the cookie won't be in the Request Collection until you do a full round trip to the client.

Yep I've tried puttting it in a button click event in the log on page. I still have the same problem though the cookie is there but it will have no value. I think this is an asp .net 2.0 problem I never had so many problems with 1.0 , If you think of anything help me out please.