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ASP.NET Page Life Cycle Events

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When a page request is sent to the Web server, the page is run through a series of events during its creation and disposal. In this article, I will discuss in detail the ASP.NET page life cycle Events
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( 2 ) I n i tT h i se v e n tf i r e sa f t e re a c hc o n t r o lh a sb e e ni n i t i a l i z e d ,e a c hc o n t r o l ' sU n i q u e I D i ss e ta n da n ys k i ns e t t i n g sh a v eb e e na p p l i e d .Y o uc a nu s et h i se v e n tt oc h a n g e i n i t i a l i z a t i o nv a l u e sf o rc o n t r o l s .T h e I n i t e v e n ti sf i r e df i r s tf o rt h em o s tb o t t o m c o n t r o li nt h eh i e r a r c h y ,a n dt h e nf i r e du pt h eh i e r a r c h yu n t i li ti sf i r e df o rt h ep a g e i t s e l f . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e dv o i dP a g e _ I n i t ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { / /R a i s e da f t e ra l lc o n t r o l sh a v eb e e ni n i t i a l i z e da n da n ys k i ns e t t i n g sh a v eb e e n a p p l i e d .U s et h i se v e n tt or e a do ri n i t i a l i z ec o n t r o lp r o p e r t i e s . }
( 3 ) I n i t C o m p l e t eR a i s e do n c ea l li n i t i a l i z a t i o n so ft h ep a g ea n di t sc o n t r o l sh a v eb e e n c o m p l e t e d .T i l ln o wt h ev i e w s t a t ev a l u e sa r en o ty e tl o a d e d ,h e n c ey o uc a nu s et h i se v e n t t om a k ec h a n g e st ov i e ws t a t et h a ty o uw a n tt om a k es u r ea r ep e r s i s t e da f t e rt h en e x t p o s t b a c k E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e dv o i dP a g e _ I n i t C o m p l e t e ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { / /R a i s e db yt h e P a g eo b j e c t .U s et h i se v e n tf o rp r o c e s s i n gt a s k st h a tr e q u i r e a l li n i t i a l i z a t i o nb ec o m p l e t e .}
( 4 ) P r e L o a dR a i s e da f t e rt h ep a g el o a d sv i e ws t a t ef o ri t s e l fa n da l lc o n t r o l s ,a n da f t e ri t p r o c e s s e sp o s t b a c kd a t at h a ti si n c l u d e dw i t ht h eR e q u e s ti n s t a n c e ( 1 ) L o a d sV i e w S t a t e:V i e w S t a t ed a t aa r el o a d e dt oc o n t r o l s N o t e:T h ep a g ev i e w s t a t ei sm a n a g e db yA S P . N E Ta n di su s e dt op e r s i s ti n f o r m a t i o no v e ra

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p a g er o u n d t r i pt ot h es e r v e r .V i e w s t a t ei n f o r m a t i o ni ss a v e da sas t r i n go fn a m e / v a l u e p a i r sa n dc o n t a i n si n f o r m a t i o ns u c ha sc o n t r o lt e x to rv a l u e .T h ev i e w s t a t ei sh e l di nt h e v a l u ep r o p e r t yo fah i d d e n< i n p u t >c o n t r o lt h a ti sp a s s e df r o mp a g er e q u e s tt op a g e r e q u e s t . ( 2 ) L o a d sP o s t b a c kd a t a:p o s t b a c kd a t aa r en o wh a n d e dt ot h ep a g ec o n t r o l s N o t e:D u r i n gt h i sp h a s eo ft h ep a g ec r e a t i o n ,f o r md a t at h a tw a sp o s t e dt ot h es e r v e r ( t e r m e dp o s t b a c kd a t ai nA S P . N E T )i sp r o c e s s e da g a i n s te a c hc o n t r o lt h a tr e q u i r e si t . H e n c e ,t h ep a g ef i r e st h eL o a d P o s t D a t ae v e n ta n dp a r s e st h r o u g ht h ep a g et of i n de a c h c o n t r o la n du p d a t e st h ec o n t r o ls t a t ew i t ht h ec o r r e c tp o s t b a c kd a t a .A S P . N E Tu p d a t e st h e c o r r e c tc o n t r o lb ym a t c h i n gt h ec o n t r o l ' su n i q u eI Dw i t ht h en a m e / v a l u ep a i ri n t h eN a m e V a l u e C o l l e c t i o n .T h i si so n er e a s o nt h a tA S P . N E Tr e q u i r e su n i q u eI D sf o re a c h c o n t r o lo na n yg i v e np a g e . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e
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p r o t e c t e do v e r r i d ev o i dO n P r e L o a d ( E v e n t A r g se ) { / /U s et h i se v e n ti fy o un e e dt op e r f o r mp r o c e s s i n go ny o u rp a g eo rc o n t r o l b e f o r et h e L o a de v e n t . / /B e f o r et h eP a g ei n s t a n c er a i s e st h i se v e n t ,i tl o a d s v i e ws t a t ef o ri t s e l fa n da l lc o n t r o l s ,a n dt h e np r o c e s s e sa n yp o s t b a c kd a t ai n c l u d e dw i t h t h eR e q u e s ti n s t a n c e . }
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b e e nr e s t o r e dt oi t sp r e v i o u ss t a t ei nc a s eo fp o s t b a c k s .C o d ei n s i d et h ep a g el o a de v e n t t y p i c a l l yc h e c k sf o rP o s t B a c ka n dt h e ns e t sc o n t r o lp r o p e r t i e sa p p r o p r i a t e l y .T h i sm e t h o d i st y p i c a l l yu s e df o rm o s tc o d e ,s i n c et h i si st h ef i r s tp l a c ei nt h ep a g el i f e c y c l et h a t a l lv a l u e sa r er e s t o r e d .M o s tc o d ec h e c k st h ev a l u eo fI s P o s t B a c kt oa v o i du n n e c e s s a r i l y r e s e t t i n gs t a t e .Y o um a ya l s ow i s ht oc a l lV a l i d a t ea n dc h e c kt h ev a l u eo fI s V a l i di nt h i s m e t h o d .Y o uc a na l s oc r e a t ed y n a m i cc o n t r o l si nt h i sm e t h o d .
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p r o t e c t e dv o i dP a g e _ L o a d ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { / /T h e P a g ec a l l st h e O n L o a de v e n tm e t h o do nt h e P a g e ,t h e nr e c u r s i v e l yd o e s t h es a m ef o re a c hc h i l dc o n t r o l ,w h i c hd o e st h es a m ef o re a c ho fi t sc h i l dc o n t r o l su n t i l t h ep a g ea n da l lc o n t r o l sa r el o a d e d . / /U s et h eO n L o a de v e n tm e t h o dt os e t p r o p e r t i e si nc o n t r o l sa n de s t a b l i s hd a t a b a s ec o n n e c t i o n s . }
( 6 ) C o n t r o l( P o s t B a c k )e v e n t ( s ) A S P . N E Tn o wc a l l sa n ye v e n t so nt h ep a g eo ri t sc o n t r o l st h a t c a u s e dt h eP o s t B a c kt oo c c u r .T h i sm i g h tb eab u t t o n sc l i c ke v e n to rad r o p d o w n ' s s e l e c t e d i n d e x c h a n g ee v e n t ,f o re x a m p l e . T h e s ea r et h ee v e n t s ,t h ec o d ef o rw h i c hi sw r i t t e n i ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc l a s s ( . c sf i l e ) . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e dv o i dB u t t o n 1 _ C l i c k ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { / /T h i si sj u s ta ne x a m p l eo fc o n t r o le v e n t . .H e r ei ti sb u t t o nc l i c ke v e n tt h a t c a u s e dt h ep o s t b a c k }
( 7 ) L o a d C o m p l e t eT h i se v e n ts i g n a l st h ee n do fL o a d . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e dv o i dP a g e _ L o a d C o m p l e t e ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { l o a d e d . } / /U s et h i se v e n tf o rt a s k st h a tr e q u i r et h a ta l lo t h e rc o n t r o l so nt h ep a g eb e

( 8 ) P r e R e n d e rA l l o w sf i n a lc h a n g e st ot h ep a g eo ri t sc o n t r o l .T h i se v e n tt a k e sp l a c ea f t e r a l lr e g u l a rP o s t B a c ke v e n t sh a v et a k e np l a c e .T h i se v e n tt a k e sp l a c eb e f o r es a v i n g V i e w S t a t e ,s oa n yc h a n g e sm a d eh e r ea r es a v e d . F o re x a m p l e:A f t e rt h i se v e n t ,y o uc a n n o t c h a n g ea n yp r o p e r t yo fab u t t o no rc h a n g ea n yv i e w s t a t ev a l u e .B e c a u s e ,a f t e rt h i se v e n t , S a v e S t a t e C o m p l e t ea n dR e n d e re v e n t sa r ec a l l e d . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e do v e r r i d ev o i dO n P r e R e n d e r ( E v e n t A r g se ) { / /E a c hd a t ab o u n dc o n t r o lw h o s eD a t a S o u r c e I Dp r o p e r t yi ss e tc a l l si t sD a t a B i n d m e t h o d . / /T h eP r e R e n d e re v e n to c c u r sf o re a c hc o n t r o lo nt h ep a g e .U s et h ee v e n t t om a k ef i n a lc h a n g e st ot h ec o n t e n t so ft h ep a g eo ri t sc o n t r o l s . }
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s e t .A n yc h a n g e st ot h ep a g e sc o n t r o l sa tt h i sp o i n to rb e y o n da r ei g n o r e d . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e do v e r r i d ev o i dO n S a v e S t a t e C o m p l e t e ( E v e n t A r g se ) { / /B e f o r et h i se v e n to c c u r s , V i e w S t a t eh a sb e e ns a v e df o rt h ep a g ea n df o ra l l c o n t r o l s .A n yc h a n g e st ot h ep a g eo rc o n t r o l sa tt h i sp o i n tw i l lb ei g n o r e d . / / U s et h i se v e n tp e r f o r mt a s k st h a tr e q u i r ev i e ws t a t et ob es a v e d ,b u tt h a td on o tm a k ea n y c h a n g e st oc o n t r o l s . }
( 1 0 ) R e n d e rT h i si sam e t h o do ft h ep a g eo b j e c ta n di t sc o n t r o l s( a n dn o ta ne v e n t ) .A tt h i s p o i n t ,A S P . N E Tc a l l st h i sm e t h o do ne a c ho ft h ep a g e sc o n t r o l st og e ti t so u t p u t .T h e R e n d e rm e t h o dg e n e r a t e st h ec l i e n t s i d eH T M L ,D y n a m i cH y p e r t e x tM a r k u pL a n g u a g e( D H T M L ) , a n ds c r i p tt h a ta r en e c e s s a r yt op r o p e r l yd i s p l a yac o n t r o la tt h eb r o w s e r . N o t e :R i g h tc l i c ko nt h ew e bp a g ed i s p l a y e da tc l i e n t ' sb r o w s e ra n dv i e wt h eP a g e ' s S o u r c e .Y o uw i l ln o tf i n da n ya s p xs e r v e rc o n t r o li nt h ec o d e .B e c a u s ea l la s p xc o n t r o l s a r ec o n v e r t e dt ot h e i rr e s p e c t i v eH T M Lr e p r e s e n t a t i o n .B r o w s e ri sc a p a b l eo fd i s p l a y i n g H T M La n dc l i e n ts i d es c r i p t s . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

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( 1 1 ) U n L o a dT h i se v e n ti su s e df o rc l e a n u pc o d e .A f t e rt h ep a g e ' sH T M Li sr e n d e r e d ,t h e o b j e c t sa r ed i s p o s e do f .D u r i n gt h i se v e n t ,y o us h o u l dd e s t r o ya n yo b j e c t so rr e f e r e n c e s y o uh a v ec r e a t e di nb u i l d i n gt h ep a g e .A tt h i sp o i n t ,a l lp r o c e s s i n gh a so c c u r r e da n di ti s s a f et od i s p o s eo fa n yr e m a i n i n go b j e c t s ,i n c l u d i n gt h eP a g eo b j e c t .C l e a n u pc a nb e p e r f o r m e do n ( a ) I n s t a n c e so fc l a s s e si . e .o b j e c t s ( b ) C l o s i n go p e n e df i l e s ( c ) C l o s i n gd a t a b a s ec o n n e c t i o n s . E X A M P L E:O v e r r i d et h ee v e n ta sg i v e nb e l o wi ny o u rc o d e b e h i n dc sf i l eo fy o u ra s p xp a g e

p r o t e c t e dv o i dP a g e _ U n L o a d ( o b j e c ts e n d e r ,E v e n t A r g se ) { / /T h i se v e n to c c u r sf o re a c hc o n t r o la n dt h e nf o rt h ep a g e .I nc o n t r o l s ,u s e t h i se v e n tt od of i n a lc l e a n u pf o rs p e c i f i cc o n t r o l s ,s u c ha sc l o s i n gc o n t r o l s p e c i f i c d a t a b a s ec o n n e c t i o n s . / /D u r i n gt h eu n l o a ds t a g e ,t h ep a g ea n di t sc o n t r o l sh a v e b e e nr e n d e r e d ,s oy o uc a n n o tm a k ef u r t h e rc h a n g e st ot h er e s p o n s es t r e a m . / / I f y o ua t t e m p tt oc a l lam e t h o ds u c ha st h eR e s p o n s e . W r i t em e t h o d ,t h ep a g ew i l lt h r o wa n e x c e p t i o n . }
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