Using WebForms via C# how do I initialize/create variables that are used throughout my application?

Question

I'm still working on my transition from traditional .asp to ASP.NET (C# Webforms). In traditional .asp I could create config.asp. Within this file, I could initialize certain variables. For example if I wanted to set a file path for uploading, downloading, etc. I could say

Dim myNameIs = "Bufford T. Jones"

Then, as long as I included the config.asp file anywhere in my app I could simply say

Response.Write myNameIs;

How do I accomplish something similar in C# Webforms? Could you please give me an example?

Answer 1

So, C# doesn't have the concept of global variables like VB.net does. In a case like this you can use session state to store information that would be available throughout the application like so:

Session["UserName"] = "Bufford T. Jones";

And then to read it:

string theUsersNameIs = (string)Session["UserName"];