Run dispose method upon asp.net IIS app restart

Question

I have some code that I want to force to run whenever my IIS app gets reloaded, stopped or any other event that would reset the state of some static properties in a business class.

I've made the class implement IDisposable and I tried adding a class destructor, but neither run when I upload a new dll to the server. How can I, from inside this class, register a method to run before the application is unloaded?

Answer 1

I would look at the events in Global.asax. This is typically where you will handle application level events. Here are a few links to get you started:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a0xez8f2(v=vs.71).aspx
• http://www.techrepublic.com/article/working-with-the-aspnet-globalasax-file/5771721

Application_Init or Application_Start might be good for your purposes?