possible to remove Viewstate hidden field?

[Stimp]

Is it possible to prevent the <input type="hidden"
name="__VIEWSTATE"> field from being generated in an aspx page?

I'm running off Framework 1.1

The field is messing up a process that I need to run, so simply clearing
out the viewstate by overriding SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium, etc
isn't enough

Thanks in advance!

 

[Scott M.]

You can disable it at the page level (via the properties window or the page
directives line in the .aspx file), but that won't completely get rid of the
field. A minimum viewstate field will always be present. It should,
however, prevent the load and save viewstate methods from running.

 

[Stimp]

You can disable it at the page level (via the properties window or the page
directives line in the .aspx file), but that won't completely get rid of the
field. A minimum viewstate field will always be present. It should,
however, prevent the load and save viewstate methods from running.

I read on the net that it's possible to prevent the <input> field being
generated by not inheriting from the 'Page' class .. but it neglects to
mention what I should inherit from instead.

Any ideas?

cheers

 

[Scott M.]

Well, if you don't inherit from the page class, you are going to lose
virtually all the other benefits and characteristics of a Web Form.
ViewState is part of the fundamental architecture of ASP.NET. If you
absolutely can't make your application work because of it, ASP.NET may not
be the platform for you.