ViewState

[Guest]

I saw this code (ASP.NET/VB.NET):
ViewState("strSite") = strSite
ViewState("strCaseMgr") = strCaseMgr

What is this ViewState?

 

[Phillip Williams]

"View state is a repository in an ASP.NET page that can store values that
need to be retained during postback."



http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227551.aspx

 

[Kevin Spencer]

More specifically, it is serailized data stored in a hidden form field in
the Page. On the client, it is text (compressed data as text) in a hidden
form field. On the server, it is de-serialized back into data, as a
Collection.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
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[Guest]

Ah yes, marvelous! Thanks, Kevin.

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Alex C. Barberi
Chief Executive Officer
VisionForce
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[Sonu Kapoor]

And usually the ViewState is used to store the control state - it is not meant to store other data - although you can do it.

Sonu Kapoor [MVP]