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Member	Oli Jeffery - 2/3/2011 8:15:19 AM Accessing part of a cookie Hi, I have a cookie that I’m accessing through a cookie macro in Kentico using {@UserSettings@} . It has three properties, so is currently displaying as Large=false&Business=true&Individual=false How would I get it to display only part of the cookie, e.g. the value of Business? Thanks, Oli Jeffery.

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kentico_radekm - 2/3/2011 2:54:24 PM

RE:Accessing part of a cookie

Hello.

In current version, you can use custom macro for this purpose only. You can see example of use here: devnet.kentico.com/docs/devguide/appendix_a___macro_expressions.htm

In code, you can get given cookie via:

HttpCookie GetExistingCookie(
string cookieName
)

method in CMS.GlobalHelper.CookieHelper class.

It returns HttpCookie object with Value property. Using this property, you can parse it according to your needs.

Best Regards,
Radek Macalik

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Oli Jeffery - 2/8/2011 3:22:28 AM

RE:Accessing part of a cookie

Hi,

Thanks for your help on and off the forums... in case anyone wants to do the same sort of thing as me, here's the custom macro I eventually used:

case "v_lar":
               
                match = true;
				if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["UserSettings"] != null)
				{result = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies["UserSettings"]["Large"].ToString();}
				else {result = "false";}
                
                break;

The cookie value is set as either true or false, making it suitable for a visibility property, and if no cookie is set, it also defaults to false.

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