ASP.NET Technical Articles
Understanding ASP.NET View State
Scott Mitchell
4GuysFromRolla.com
May 2004
Applies to:
Microsoft® ASP.NET
Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET
Summary: Scott Mitchell looks at the benefits of and confusion around View State in Microsoft® ASP.NET. In addition, he shows you how you can interpret (and protect) the data stored in View State. (25 printed pages)
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Contents
Introduction
The ASP.NET Page Life Cycle
The Role of View State
View State and Dynamically Added Controls
The ViewState Property
Timing the Tracking of View State
Storing Information in the Page's ViewState Property
The Cost of View State
Disabling the View State
Specifying Where to Persist the View State
Parsing the View State
View State and Security Implications
Conclusion