Hi!

Check this link
http://forums.asp.net/t/1283350.aspx


Thanks!

You can alter the timeout property of the sessionState element within web.config. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h6bb9cz9.aspx for more information.

Hi,

Thanks for this so what you are saying is that I have to set it at IIS level, is this right ?


And since I havent installed IIS on my PC i wont be able to test it until it goes to live on the server is this right, as the server has IIS ?


Thanks,

R8VI

You should be able to test against the VS web server as well.

Could you please advise how as that first link suggests IIS

Sorry I was being silly, i know what you mean like http://localhost:2546/xyz.aspx
So i tried setting the setting it in the webconfig like

<system.web>
     <sessionState timeout="120"></sessionState>
  </system.web>


but the session_end still seems to be called every 20 mins

please help

Thanks,

R8VI

Hi,

Thanks for this but how do i match up the global.asax file that i have to what u have done?

also I only have Session.Abandon called on when a user clicks logout button, but the button is on the master page

i set set thefollowing on log in
 FormsAuthenticationTicket ticket = new FormsAuthenticationTicket(2, txtUsername.Text.ToString(), DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddHours(2), false, sID);

thanks

r8vi

My attached project was merely to demonstrate that setting the value in web.config did not rely on IIS.

There are two concepts of timeout in ASP.NET: a forms timeout and a session timeout. Both can be configured independently of each other. Are you certain that it's your session that is timing out and not your forms authentication that is timing out?

Hi,

In my webconfig I also have the following for my forms authentication

<authentication mode=forms>
<timeout=2880>
<authentication>

However in the session state I removed mode=improc

And it seems to e working now

Be aware that a forms timeout does not cause or imply a session timeout, and it is entirely plausible for a form timeout to occur and the session to still be active. This is by design.

Yep I know this I always had form authentication as well as I wanted the forms to timeout at 2 hours and the same with session as well