PostBack Event Firing Sequence

[Guadala Harry]

Just wondering if I can count on Page_Load *always* firing before event
procedures of other controls on the form.

E.G., suppose I have a DropDownList server control and it is
"autopostbacking". Will Page_Load always fire before the
SelectedIndexChanged event of the DDL?

Thanks.

[Victor Garcia Aprea [MVP]]

Hi Guadala,

The Load event will *always* fire *before* the change events, I promess :-)

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"Guadala Harry" <GM**@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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Just wondering if I can count on Page_Load *always* firing before event
procedures of other controls on the form.

E.G., suppose I have a DropDownList server control and it is
"autopostbacking". Will Page_Load always fire before the
SelectedIndexChanged event of the DDL?

Thanks.

[Stephen Woolhead]

Yes they will always be called after page_load, the order goes like this

Page_Init
Page_Load
Validation
Event Handling (your control events get fired here)
Page_Unload

A good read is
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...singStages.asp

Stephen.

"Guadala Harry" <GM**@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
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Just wondering if I can count on Page_Load *always* firing before event
procedures of other controls on the form.

E.G., suppose I have a DropDownList server control and it is
"autopostbacking". Will Page_Load always fire before the
SelectedIndexChanged event of the DDL?

Thanks.

[Bredal Jensen]

You can place a breakpoint in your "page_load" and see what happens.
Remember to
configure your project to use "debug".

Alternatively, you can "cause" an exception in you code and observe the
order on the call stack.

"Guadala Harry" <GM**@NoSpam.com> wrote in message
news:OC**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Just wondering if I can count on Page_Load *always* firing before event
procedures of other controls on the form.

E.G., suppose I have a DropDownList server control and it is
"autopostbacking". Will Page_Load always fire before the
SelectedIndexChanged event of the DDL?

Thanks.