Page.EnableViewState Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Web.UI

Assembly:: System.Web.dll

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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the page maintains its view state, and the view state of any server controls it contains, when the current page request ends.

public:
 virtual property bool EnableViewState { bool get(); void set(bool value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override bool EnableViewState { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.EnableViewState : bool with get, set

Public Overrides Property EnableViewState As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the page maintains its view state; otherwise, false. The default is true.

Attributes: BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following code example sets the EnableViewState property to false when the page is loaded. This disables view state for the Page object, meaning that neither view-state information for the page nor any controls contained by the page are saved.

Important

This example has a text box that accepts user input, which is a potential security threat. By default, ASP.NET Web pages validate that user input does not include script or HTML elements. For more information, see Script Exploits Overview.

public class WebPage : Page
{
   private MyForm myFormObj;
   private Label label1;
   private Label label2;
   private TextBox textBoxObj;
   private Button buttonObj;

   public WebPage()
   {
      Page.Init += new System.EventHandler(Page_Init);
   }

   private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
   {
      // Comment the following line to maintain page view state.
      Page.EnableViewState = false;
      myFormObj.Method = "post";
      Controls.Add(myFormObj);
      textBoxObj.Text = "Welcome to .NET";

      label1.Text = "Enter a name";
      buttonObj.Text = "ClickMe";
      buttonObj.Click += new EventHandler(Button_Click);
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(label1);
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(textBoxObj);
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(buttonObj);
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(label2);
   }
   private void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
      String temp = "<br>Name is " + textBoxObj.Text + "<br>";
      temp += "Saved content of previous page is " + ViewState["name"] as String;
      label2.Text = temp;
   }
   protected override void LoadViewState(object viewState)
   {
      if(viewState != null)
         base.LoadViewState(viewState);
   }
   protected override object SaveViewState()
   {
      ViewState["name"] = textBoxObj.Text;
      return base.SaveViewState();
   }
   private void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
      this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

      myFormObj = new MyForm();
      label1 = new Label();
      label2 = new Label();
      textBoxObj = new TextBox();
      buttonObj = new Button();
   }
};

Public Class WebPage
   Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
   Private myFormObj As MyForm
   Private label1 As Label
   Private label2 As Label
   Private textBoxObj As TextBox
   Private buttonObj As Button
   
   Public Sub New()
      AddHandler Page.Init, AddressOf Page_Init
   End Sub
   
   
   Private Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
      ' Comment the following line to maintain page view state.
      Page.EnableViewState = false
      myFormObj.Method = "post"
      Controls.Add(myFormObj)
      textBoxObj.Text = "Welcome to .NET"
      
      label1.Text = "Enter a name"
      buttonObj.Text = "ClickMe"
      AddHandler buttonObj.Click, AddressOf Button_Click
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(label1)
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(textBoxObj)
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(buttonObj)
      myFormObj.Controls.Add(label2)
   End Sub
   
   Private Sub Button_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
      Dim temp As [String] = "<br>Name is " + textBoxObj.Text + "<br>"
      temp += "Saved content of previous page is " + CType(ViewState("name"), String)
      label2.Text = temp
   End Sub
   
   Protected Overrides Sub LoadViewState(viewState As Object)
      If Not (viewState Is Nothing) Then
         MyBase.LoadViewState(viewState)
      End If
   End Sub
   
   Protected Overrides Function SaveViewState() As Object
      ViewState("name") = textBoxObj.Text
      Return MyBase.SaveViewState()
   End Function 'SaveViewState
   
   Private Sub Page_Init(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
      AddHandler Me.Load, AddressOf Me.Page_Load
      myFormObj = New MyForm()
      label1 = New Label()
      label2 = New Label()
      textBoxObj = New TextBox()
      buttonObj = New Button()
   End Sub
End Class

Remarks

For information about why you might want to disable view state, see Control.EnableViewState.

Even if EnableViewState is false, the page might contain a hidden view state field that is used by ASP.NET to detect a postback.

Applies to

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