C# and Cookie subitems

[joe_pool_is]

Someone please show me how to *create* subitems (or subkeys) for my cookies. I have found code out there for doing this in VB.NET, but I can not seem to get it to work in C#. Here is what I have:

void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e) {
 HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies["userCookie"];
 if (cookie == null) {
cookie = new HttpCookie("userInfo");
cookie.HasKeys = true; // this bombs: HasKeys is read only
cookie.Value["userInfo"]["userName"] = "jdoe"; // this bombs. Why?
cookie.Value["realName"] = "John Doe"; // this bombs, too. Why?
cookie.Value["lastVisit"] = DateTime.Now.ToString; // can't get this far
cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(365);
cookie.Path = Server.MapPath("/");
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
 }
}

[joe_pool_is]

Okay, I got this to work:

void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e) {
HttpCookie cookie = Request.Cookies["userCookie"];
if (cookie == null) {
cookie = new HttpCookie("userInfo");
cookie.Values.Add("userName", "jdoe");
cookie.Values.Add("realName", "John Doe");
cookie.Values.Add("lastVisit", DateTime.Now.ToString());
cookie.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(365);
cookie.Path = Server.MapPath("/");
Response.Cookies.Add(cookie);
} else {
if (cookie.Value.ToString() == "") {
loginPanel.Visible = true;
} else {
 // if userInfo is found in the database 
 welcomeName.Text = "Welcome back " + cookie["realName"].ToString();
 welcomePanel.Visible = true;
}
}
}

 

Just posting this to help others that might browse here looking for solutions.