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Using inheritance for web pages - why have a Page_Init when you can override OnInit?

I'm trying to better understand the use of inheritance vs. the
implementation of a handler. I wanted to ask this question to the newsgroup.

Each aspx page is a class which Inherits System.Web.UI.P age.
Then, each page has it's own implementation of Private Sub Page_Load and
Private Sub Page_Init to handle the Handles MyBase.Load and Handles
MyBase.Init events (respectively). The programmer (you or me) is supposed to
flesh out the Pgae_Load and, if you are using the Visual Studio designer,
not touch the Page_Init event handlers.

Instead of this, why don't these page classes, which are subclasses of
System.Web.UI.P age just overload the superclasses of the OnInit and OnLoad
classes? That would seem to make more sense from a class hierarchy
standpoint. Each page class, for example

'Instead of this:

Public Class WebForm1

Inherits System.Web.UI.P age

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles MyBase.Load

'Put user code to initialize the page here

End Sub

End Class

'Do this:

Public Class WebForm1

Inherits System.Web.UI.P age

Protected Overrides Sub OnInit(ByVal e As EventArgs)

'Put user code to initialize the page here

MyBase.OnLoad(e )

End Sub 'OnInit

End Class


Nov 17 '05 #1
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Ben
Disagree,

As the author of the class you should just sequence the code correctly on
the overridden OnLoad method!

It is actually going against MSs own guidelines to attach an event handler
for the same class that is raising the event.

Ben

"Natty Gur" <na***@dao2com. com> wrote in message
news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
Hi,

You can override Onload function but OnLoad() is call by the framework
every time the page is loaded. But before the Page_Load() method is
called in your code-behind page. This allows you to do some action
before Page_load runs and the programmer code in the page_load executes,
such as security checking.
Natty Gur, CTO
Dao2Com Ltd.
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Nov 17 '05 #2
Ben
Disagree,

As the author of the class you should just sequence the code correctly on
the overridden OnLoad method!

It is actually going against MSs own guidelines to attach an event handler
for the same class that is raising the event.

Ben

"Natty Gur" <na***@dao2com. com> wrote in message
news:uK******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
Hi,

You can override Onload function but OnLoad() is call by the framework
every time the page is loaded. But before the Page_Load() method is
called in your code-behind page. This allows you to do some action
before Page_load runs and the programmer code in the page_load executes,
such as security checking.
Natty Gur, CTO
Dao2Com Ltd.
28th Baruch Hirsch st. Bnei-Brak
Israel , 51114

Phone Numbers:
Office: +972-(0)3-5786668
Fax: +972-(0)3-5703475
Mobile: +972-(0)58-888377

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Nov 17 '05 #3
but, he is the user...

Natty Gur, CTO
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28th Baruch Hirsch st. Bnei-Brak
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Nov 17 '05 #4
but, he is the user...

Natty Gur, CTO
Dao2Com Ltd.
28th Baruch Hirsch st. Bnei-Brak
Israel , 51114

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