Server Object - HttpServerUtility

 

• The functionality of the ASP intrinsic Server is object in ASP.net is implemented by the HttpServerUtility class
  
• An instance of the type is created when ASP.net begins to process the request and is then stored as part of the request context
  
• HttpServerUtility class has two properties MachineName and ScriptTimeout
  
• ScriptTimeout is to get/set the time in seconds a request is allowed to process
  
• Code: this.Server.ScriptTimeout = 30000;
  

Important methods of Server object

UrlEncode/ UrlDecode	Encodes a string (for HTTP transmission to a client) in a URL UrlDecode decodes a string encoded for Http transmission
MapPath	Returns the physical path of a file from provided virtual path
UrlPathEncode	Encodes only path portion of the URL string
ClearError	Clears the last exception that was thrown for the request
Transfer / Execute	See below