SiteBase.SetCookie Method (String, String, String, DateTime)

SiteBaseSetCookie Method (String, String, String, DateTime)

Content Studio 5.7 SDK

Content Studio Web Content Management System

[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change.]

Sets the value of an HTTP cookie with a specific expiration value.

Namespace: ContentStudio.Site
Assembly: CS_SiteLib (in CS_SiteLib.dll) Version: 5.7.5016.0 (5.7.5016.0)

Syntax

public void SetCookie(
	string cookieName,
	string subCookieName,
	string value,
	DateTime expires
)

Public Sub SetCookie ( 
	cookieName As String,
	subCookieName As String,
	value As String,
	expires As DateTime
)

Parameters

cookieName: Type: SystemString
The name of the cookie
subCookieName: Type: SystemString
The name of the sub-cookie
value: Type: SystemString
The value to set
expires: Type: SystemDateTime
A value that indicates when the cookie should expire

Remarks

If the cookie contains other sub-cookies they will be preserved but the all will all expire at the same date.

Examples

The following example shows how to set a persistent cookie with a sub-cookie that lasts for a month and obtain its value with the GetCookie(String) method

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const string COOKIE = "MyCookie";
const string SUBCOOKIE = "SubCookie";
DateTime ExpiresDate = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1);
SetCookie(COOKIE, SUBCOOKIE, "Cookie & sub-cookie", ExpiresDate);
Response.Write(Server.HtmlEncode(GetCookie(COOKIE));

Const COOKIE As String = "MyCookie"
Dim ExpiresDate As DateTime = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(1)
SetCookie(COOKIE, "Cookie & sub-cookie", ExpiresDate)
Response.Write(Server.HtmlEncode(GetCookie(COOKIE))

Reference

SiteBase Class

SetCookie Overload

ContentStudio.Site Namespace