Reputation: 21368
what is the difference? I would like to implement Language dropdown selection in my app. So when a selected language is selected, a Thread culture would be set and page reloaded.
Like so:
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");
where should settings like above be processed? Application_AcquireRequestState or Application_BeginRequest?
thanks
Upvotes: 11
Views: 22993
Reputation: 2789
It depends on the way you are saving your language across requests. If you are using a session to save your selected language in, you should use Application_AcquireRequestState
, because since Application_BeginRequest
is earlier in the life cycle, the session state object might not yet be available at this time.
Upvotes: 23
Reputation: 30162
Application_BeginRequest occurs earlier in the lifecycle and is the 'usual' place this goes.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178473%28v=VS.100%29.aspx
Upvotes: 8