Asp.Net Global.asax access to the current requested Page object

Question

Is there any way i can access the page object from within the global.asax Application_EndRequest function ?

I'm trying to set the text of a label at the end of the request but accessing the page is proving to be more difficult than I thought.

here is what i have that's currently NOT working:

protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        Context.Items.Add("Request_Start_Time", DateTime.Now);

    }

    protected void Application_EndRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        TimeSpan tsDuration = DateTime.Now.Subtract((DateTime)Context.Items["Request_Start_Time"]);

        System.Web.UI.Page page = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Handler as System.Web.UI.Page;
        if (page != null)
        {
            Label label = page.FindControl("lblProcessingTime") as Label;
            if (label != null)
            {
                label.Text = String.Format("Request Processing Time: {0}", tsDuration.ToString());
            }
        }
    }

page is always null here.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It's probably best just to create a BasePage class from which all your pages should inherit. Then you can put the code within the Unload event of the page and there will be no issue.