In part I have figured out what I was doing wrong...
I was using ASP syntax in a .Net environment...
My CodeBehind Page_Load code is now...

        If Request.Cookies("ReminderTimes") Is Nothing Then
            Dim MyCookie As New HttpCookie("ReminderTimes")

            MyCookie.Values.Add("TestAlarm", Now)
            MyCookie.Expires = Now.AddHours(1)
            Response.Cookies.Add(MyCookie)
        End If

I'm still doing it wrong in the HTML section where I try to read the cookie to send the date and time to my alarm control...
Could someone show me the correct way to read the cookie in the HTML area?

TIA,
Rick

>I'm trying to store information in such a way that a client side activeX can use the information. I have information in tables. One Table is Activities. It has a field called Alarm_Status. I need the date and time stored in alarm status to be accessible to the client side activeX alarm control.
>
>I was thinking that I could store the alarm_status into cookies to be accessed by the client side control. When I put the following code into my the Page_Load of my Code Behind stuff, it complains...
>

>Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
>    'Put user code to initialize the page here
>    Trace.Write("Page_Load", "We're in the Page_Load event!")
>
>    Session("ReminderTime") = Now
>    Response.Cookies("ReminderTime") = "test"
>

>.Net puts a squiggly line under it and when I hover over it I get the message that the
>Property 'Item' is 'Readonly'
>
>I thought the response was a write-only command and the request was a read-only command.
>
>How can I give this client-side control access to my information?
>
>TIA,
>Rick