Daily Archives: January 31, 2012

What is View State? View State allows the state of objects (serializable) to be stored in a hidden field on the page. View State is transported to the client and back to the server, and is not stored on the server or any other external source. View State is used the retain the state of server-side objects between postabacks. What is the lifespan for items stored in View State? Item stored in View State exist for the life of the current page. This includes post backs (to the same page). What does the “EnableViewState” property do? Why would I want … Click here to continue reading. →