ASP.Net C# Variables not storing on web page

Question

So i have the code..

int var1 = 0;

protected void cmdvar1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var1= var1+ 10;
        lblvar1.Text = var1.ToString();
    }

And when clicking this, its great.. it takes the int, adds 10 to it, then displays it.. however it won't display any more than 10, did some playing around and came to the conclusion, that its not because the label isnt updating, it just simply isnt adding 10 to the previous 10 on the variable. What am i doing wrong? What am I mising? Do i need to store the variable info in a cookie or something?

Answer 1

This is due to the lifecycle of ASP.NET. Storing private fields behind the web page isn't the same as how it works with WinForms. If you want to persist information across post backs you need to store it in some persistent storage i.e. Session/ViewState/Database etc.

private int var1 = 0;

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
    {
        // load var1 from cache
        Int32.TryParse((Session["var1"] ?? 0).ToString(), out var1);
    }
}

protected void cmdvar1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    var1 += 10;
    Session["var1"] = var1; // cache var1
    lblvar1.Text = var1.ToString();
}

Answer 2

So I would strongly suggest looking into a different platform. Perhaps ASP.NET MVC... However you can use something like the following to get arround your problem.

private int MyNum
{
   get{ return (int)ViewState["MyNum"] ?? 0; }
   set { ViewState["MyNum"] = value; }
}

Then just use MyNum as your integer your incrementing.