What is the difference between EnableViewState

Hi Manish,

What if you turn off ViewState at page level and make it on at control level? Ask yourself, is it possible with previous versions of .NET (upto 3.5)? Sorry but there is a bad news that it's not possible. But there is a good news as well. You can achieve this with new version of ASP.NET that is 4.0.

ASP.NET 4.0 comes with new and cool property ViewStateMode. It has 3 possible values.

1. Enabled : This turns on the ViewState for the control.
2. Disabled : This turns off the ViewState for the control.
3. Inherit : Takes the value from the parent and set it accordingly. If it has been set to Disabled at Page level and for textbox you set ViewStateMode = "Inherit" then it will disable the ViewState for the textbox.

The main difference between EnableViewState and ViewStateMode property is, if EnableViewStateproperty is set to disabled at parent level, there is no way of making viewstate enable at control level, But this is possible with this new property :ViewStateMode.

Hi,

1. Using EnableViewState property we only have 2 options
     We can turn off view state altogether,
                              or
     Enable viewstate for the entire page and then turn it off on a control-by-control basis.

2. If you want to turn of ViewState for the entire page and only enable it for specific controls on the page, then we have to use ViewStateMode property in conjunction with EnableViewState.

3. EnableViewState property only accepts true or false values and the default value is true, where as ViewStateMode property can have a value of - Enabled, Disabled and inherit. Inherit is the default value for ViewStateMode property.

4. ViewStateMode property is introduced in ASP.NET 4, where as EnableViewState exists from a long time.

5. If EnableViewState is to True, only then the ViewStateMode settings are applied, where as, if EnableViewState is set to False then the control will not save its view state, regardless of the ViewStateMode setting. In short if EnableViewState is set to False, ViewStateMode setting is not respected.

6. To disable view state for a page and to enable it for a specific control on the page, set the EnableViewState property of the page and the control to true, set the ViewStateMode property of the page to Disabled, and set the ViewStateMode property of the control to Enabled.

Thanks.

Hi Manish,


Using EnableViewState property we only have 2 options.We can turn off view state altogether.                   
Enable viewstate for the entire page and then turn it off on a control-by-control basis.

If you want to turn of ViewState for the entire page and only enable it for specific controls on the page, then we have to use ViewStateMode property in conjunction with EnableViewState.

EnableViewState property only accepts true or false values and the default value is true, where as ViewStateMode property can have a value of - Enabled, Disabled and inherit. Inherit is the default value for ViewStateMode property.

ViewStateMode property is introduced in ASP.NET 4, where as EnableViewState exists from a long time.

If EnableViewState is to True, only then the ViewStateMode settings are applied, where as, if EnableViewState is set to False then the control will not save its view state, regardless of the ViewStateMode setting. In short if EnableViewState is set to False, ViewStateMode setting is not respected.

To disable view state for a page and to enable it for a specific control on the page, set the EnableViewState property of the page and the control to true, set the ViewStateMode property of the page to Disabled, and set the ViewStateMode property of the control to Enabled.



Refer

http://venkataspinterview.blogspot.com/2011/12/difference-between-enableviewstate-and.html



Thanks