Avoid execution of "Page_Load" of controls contained in MultiViewViews

Hi,

the subject says it all. Since visible=false controls will still run
though Page_Load, I was hoping that the MultiView would somehow manage
to avoid a Page_Load of controls in its inactive Views. But of course
it does not.

I guess a safe way to avoid Page_Load is to only add the controls at
runtime into the activated view. Which of course neglects the beauty
of editing the layout if several views in one ascx.

Is there a more elegant way or at least a way to safely jump out of
Page_Load of the control (without checking the state of the parents,
please - since the control is not supposed to work in a View only).

TIA for any hint,

Regards
DC

DC

I suppose you could put them in an ascx file and dynamically load them
using LoadControl() but, the only way this will work is if you never
switch views as part of a post back OR you don't use viewstate.

The reason it loads all of the controls is so that it can re-establish
the state of the objects.

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From: DC [private.php?do=newpm&u=]
Posted At: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:47 AM
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Conversation: Avoid execution of "Page_Load" of controls contained in
MultiView Views
Subject: Avoid execution of "Page_Load" of controls contained in
MultiView Views

Hi,

the subject says it all. Since visible=false controls will still run
though Page_Load, I was hoping that the MultiView would somehow manage
to avoid a Page_Load of controls in its inactive Views. But of course
it does not.

I guess a safe way to avoid Page_Load is to only add the controls at
runtime into the activated view. Which of course neglects the beauty
of editing the layout if several views in one ascx.

Is there a more elegant way or at least a way to safely jump out of
Page_Load of the control (without checking the state of the parents,
please - since the control is not supposed to work in a View only).

TIA for any hint,

Regards
DC

Dave Bush

> Is there a more elegant way or at least a way to safely jump out of
> Page_Load of the control (without checking the state of the parents,
> please - since the control is not supposed to work in a View only).

I believe that the "Visible" property automatically checks the visibility of
parent/container controls. So you could try:

public void Page_Load(blah,blah,blah)
{
if (this.Visible)
{
DoYourWork();
}
}

Scott Roberts

On 28 Nov., 21:10, "Scott Roberts" <srobe...@no.spam.here-webworks-
software.com> wrote:
> > Is there a more elegant way or at least a way to safely jump out of
> > Page_Load of the control (without checking the state of the parents,
> > please - since the control is not supposed to work in a View only).
>
> I believe that the "Visible" property automatically checks the visibility of
> parent/container controls. So you could try:
>
> public void Page_Load(blah,blah,blah)
> {
> if (this.Visible)
> {
> DoYourWork();
> }
>
>
>
> }- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Thank you, Scott. This works in most situations. It is however
unreliable, because visibility of the control may be changed after the
Page_Load (but before Render).

DC

On 28 Nov., 17:06, "Dave Bush" <davemb...@dmbcllc.com> wrote:
> I suppose you could put them in an ascx file and dynamically load them
> using LoadControl() but, the only way this will work is if you never
> switch views as part of a post back OR you don't use viewstate.
>
> The reason it loads all of the controls is so that it can re-establish
> the state of the objects.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DC [mailto:d...@upsize.de]
>
> Posted At: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:47 AM
> Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet
> Conversation: Avoid execution of "Page_Load" of controls contained in
> MultiView Views
> Subject: Avoid execution of "Page_Load" of controls contained in
> MultiView Views
>
> Hi,
>
> the subject says it all. Since visible=false controls will still run
> though Page_Load, I was hoping that the MultiView would somehow manage
> to avoid a Page_Load of controls in its inactive Views. But of course
> it does not.
>
> I guess a safe way to avoid Page_Load is to only add the controls at
> runtime into the activated view. Which of course neglects the beauty
> of editing the layout if several views in one ascx.
>
> Is there a more elegant way or at least a way to safely jump out of
> Page_Load of the control (without checking the state of the parents,
> please - since the control is not supposed to work in a View only).
>
> TIA for any hint,
>
> Regards
> DC- Zitierten Text ausblenden -
>
> - Zitierten Text anzeigen -

Thanks, Dave. I was hoping that I only have to make sure that the
controls which are actually postback targets exist. I am unsure about
how "complete" the control tree must be for postbacks/viewstate to
work. I will try out.

Regards
DC

DC