ViewStateMode vs EnableViewState

What's the difference between:

• ViewStateMode: Disabled / Enabled / Inherit
• EnableViewState: True / False

It's in the properties of asp.net controls.

Thanks for the explanation.

Solution 1:

EDIT

ViewStateMode

• Enabled - Turns the ViewState On for this control
• Disabled - Turns the ViewState Off for this control
• Inherit - Inherits from the value of the parent control

EnableViewState

• Overrides ViewStateMode, must be true for ViewStateMode to have meaning.

See: Minimizing viewstate- confused by `EnableViewState` and `ViewStateMode` in asp.net 4.0

ORIGINAL

Understanding ASP.NET View State

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the server control persists its view state, and the view state of any child controls it contains, to the requesting client. Control.EnableViewState Property

You can use the ViewStateMode property to enable view state for an individual control even if view state is disabled for the page. For more information about view state and control state, see the EnableViewState property. Control.ViewStateMode Property

Solution 2:

The combination allows you to turn off the ViewState for a page as a whole, but enable it for a specific control contained inside.

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.

The default value of the ViewStateMode property for a page is Enabled. The default value of the ViewStateMode property for a Web server control in a page is Inherit. As a result, if you do not set this property at either the page or the control level, the value of the EnableViewState property determines view-state behavior.

From Control.ViewStateMode Property