I'm trying to pass state between different dialogs, and seem to be either a) not calling dialogs correctly or b) not using botstate correctly (or both).
Can anyone tell me what I am losing when I open the second dialog? Its opened using context.forward();
In messagescontroller I am easily able to set state;
StateClient stateClient = activity.GetStateClient();
BotData userData = await stateClient.BotState.GetUserDataAsync(activity.ChannelId, activity.From.Id);
userData.SetProperty<bool>("SessionActive", true);
await stateClient.BotState.SetUserDataAsync(activity.ChannelId, activity.From.Id, userData);
I then open a dialog which controls access to other dialogs;
await Conversation.SendAsync(activity, () => new DialogController());
This is a separate class;
public class DialogController : IDialog<object>
Within this dialog I can access the value I set as 'true' - this works;
StateClient stateClient = new StateClient(new Uri(message.ServiceUrl));
BotData userData = await stateClient.BotState.GetUserDataAsync(message.ChannelId, message.From.Id);
userData.GetProperty<bool>("SessionActive")
However, within this dialog i then go on to open a second dialog dependant on state;
await context.Forward(new SubDialog(), ThrowOutTask, message, cts.Token);
This is also a separate class;
public class SubDialog: IDialog<object>
However, when I try to retrieve the 'SessionActive' state, in exactly the same way as before, the value is false (i.e. its instantiated for the first time)..?
