Save string variable to ViewState : ViewState « Page Lifecycle « ASP.NET Tutorial






File: Default.aspx

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="PreserveMembers" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:TextBox ID="txtValue" 
                     runat="server" 
                     Height="160px" 
                     TextMode="MultiLine" 
                     Width="460px">This is a test</asp:TextBox><br />
        <br />
        <asp:Button ID="cmdSave" 
                    runat="server" 
                    OnClick="cmdSave_Click" 
                    Text="Save Contents" />
        <asp:Button ID="cmdLoad" 
                    runat="server" 
                    OnClick="cmdLoad_Click" 
                    Text="Load Contents" /></div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>


File: Default.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;

public partial class PreserveMembers : System.Web.UI.Page
{
  private string contents;
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
    if (this.IsPostBack)
    {
      contents = (string)ViewState["contents"];
    }
    }

  protected void Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    ViewState["contents"] = contents;
  }

  protected void cmdSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    contents = txtValue.Text;
    txtValue.Text = "";
  }
  protected void cmdLoad_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
    txtValue.Text = contents;
  }
}








5.21.ViewState
5.21.1.Use ViewState to create a simple counter (C#)
5.21.2.Save string variable to ViewState
5.21.3.Convert.FromBase64String and view state encoding
5.21.4.Use ViewState to store random data
5.21.5.Visualize the current Base64-encoded contents of the view state
5.21.6.Track Your Viewstate