Mike, you are correct about the __viewState maintaining state in asp.net. In asp.net all pages Postback to themselves, so you don't submit any information to other pages on an initial submit of a form.
I don't know about copying that into your page, the hidden fields you see are created during runtime and you won't see that in the actual code you look at. You might have to use querystrings to get the data you want into your cf pages. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:30 AM Subject: Building alongside to asp.net pages??? > Sorry if this is too off-topic, but I'm not sure if I'm walking into a > problem here ..... > > > I don't know a lot about .net - yet - but looks like I'm going to have to > do a crash course. I'm going to have to build some coldfusion content and > have it blend in seamlessly with pages built in .net. This means (I guess) > snagging headers and footers off the .net pages and using them on my > coldfusion pages. > > But I see at the top of the .net pages a huge hidden field full of > gobbldegook along the lines of: > > <.input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" value="dDNzcxNTgzODk7dDw7bDxpPD > > [heaps of similar stuff snipped] > > YW5lbF8yMTpMb2dpbjs+PpRdTxH61yuZQYMB0MBggZHj+OAg" /> > > > > > I'm guessing from the name "_VIEWSTATE" that it contains the information > about the user's state and the page - but is this something I need to know > much about or can I just copy and paste it from a typical page and put it in > my header.cfm file? What does this big field do? > > > > > Cheers, > Michael Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > AFP Webworks. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
