Change __VIEWSTATE to something else

[Ivan Gasparetto]

Is it possible to change the __VIEWSTATE id?
The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on
XHTML pages.

Thank you

[Juan T. Llibre]

re:
!The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on XHTML pages.

Who told you that ?
IDs starting with *double* underscores are perfectly acceptable in XHTML.

Check the validity of my ASP.NET FAQ's pages :

http://asp.net.do/faq/default.aspx

Here's the link to the W3C's validator :
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=ht...Inline&group=0

Here's the response by the W3C's validator: "This Page Is Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional!"

Now, check "View Source" for that page, and see that the page *does* include a "__VIEWSTATE" id :

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE"
value="/wEPDwUKMTA1MDI3ODMwMWRkjOh6z8CUeDcuYjV3L6BQzzSZL7Q =" />

The key, of course, is that "__VIEWSTATE" has TWO underscores. <g>


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"Ivan Gasparetto" <iv************@gmail.comwrote in message
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Is it possible to change the __VIEWSTATE id?
The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on
XHTML pages.

Thank you

[=?Utf-8?B?YnJ1Y2UgYmFya2Vy?=]

yes, you have two options:

1) switch to MVC which doesn't generate any any viewstate or unwanted markup.

2) override PageStatePersister and create your own hidden field. google for
examples.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Ivan Gasparetto" wrote:

Is it possible to change the __VIEWSTATE id?
The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on
XHTML pages.

Thank you

[Juan T. Llibre]

Bruce, why override, if ID's which start with an underscore are perfectly acceptable in XHTML ?

See my just-sent reply to Ivan.

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"bruce barker" <br*********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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yes, you have two options:

1) switch to MVC which doesn't generate any any viewstate or unwanted markup.

2) override PageStatePersister and create your own hidden field. google for
examples.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
"Ivan Gasparetto" wrote:

>Is it possible to change the __VIEWSTATE id?
The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on
XHTML pages.

Thank you

[Marc]

"Ivan Gasparetto" <iv************@gmail.comwrote in message
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Is it possible to change the __VIEWSTATE id?
The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on
XHTML pages.

Google around and you'll find it's valid... however the FORM NAME attribute
is not. There is something you can add to webconfig to make ASP.NET generate
XHTML compliant output...
<system.web>
<!-- other elements here -->
<xhtmlConformance
mode="Strict" />
</system.web>

Copied form http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...59(VS.80).aspx

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The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on XHTML
pages.
Who told you that ?
R: ISO and the W3C did!
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-xml-2e-20000814#charsets

Kind regards,
Ivan

[Juan T. Llibre]

__VIEWSTATE starts with TWO underscores...and it's perfectly valid.


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"Ivan Gasparetto" <Ivan Ga********@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
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The reason is we shouldn't have any id starting with underscores on XHTML pages.
Who told you that ?
R: ISO and the W3C did!
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-xml-2e-20000814#charsets

Kind regards,
Ivan