Passing Arguments to an ASP .NET Page

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So I've recently started working with ASP .NET but I am very familiar with other .NET frameworks. The application I'm working on needs to take in an string index as a command line-style argument. Right now in my Page class I have a const string that I'm using as a placeholder. So the question I have is a two parter:

1- How do I set up my applications innerts to recieve an argument that is passed in when the page is opened?

2- How do I pass that argument in to the page (especially while I'm working in VS 2010)?

Much Thanks!

Brian Warshaw · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-18 20:24:16Z

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You pass arguments to web pages with request variables (ever hear of POST or GET?). The simplest way is to append the variables to the end of the url like this:

http://localhost/Default.aspx?varname=varvalue&othervarname=othervarvalue

In your codebehind, you can access the request variables with Request.QueryString.

answered May 18, 2012 at 20:24

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Will Custode Over a year ago

Thanks so much! Like I said I'm new to web dev so I didn't know it worked that way. Much appreciated! For all who see this, this worked for my problem.

tzerb · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-18 21:25:21Z

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For #2: In your project config on VS2010, to to the 'Web' tab and set the option to specific page with the desired URL: http://localhost/Default.aspx?varname=varvalue&othervarname=othervarvalue

edited May 18, 2012 at 21:25

answered May 18, 2012 at 20:27

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