Chris May

This table is from: http://www.csharper.net/blog/page_lifecycle_methods_in_asp_net_2_0.aspx

Method	Postback	Control
Constructor	Always	All

Construct	Always	Page

TestDeviceFilter		Page
Used to determine which device filter is in place, and use this information to decide how to display the page.

AddParsedSubObject	Always	All
Notifies the server control that an element, either XML or HTML, was parsed, and adds the element to the server control's ControlCollection object.

DeterminePostBackMode	Always	Page
Returns a NameValueCollection object that contains the data posted back to the page. The presence of the page hidden fields VIEWSTATE and EVENTTARGET is used to help determine whether a postback event has occurred. The IsPostBack property is set when the DeterminePostBackMode method is called.

OnPreInit	Always	Page
Called at the beginning of the page initialization stage. After the OnPreInit method is called, personalization information is loaded and the page theme, if any, is initialized. This is also the preferred stage to dynamically define a PageTheme or MasterPage for the Page.

OnInit	Always	All
Performs the initialization and setup steps required to create a Page instance. In this stage of the page's life cycle, declared server controls on the page are initialized to their default state; however, the view state of each control is not yet populated. A control on the page cannot access other server controls on the page during the Page_Init phase, regardless of whether the other controls are child or parent controls. Other server controls are not guaranteed to be created and ready for access.

OnInitComplete	Always	Page
Called after page initialization is complete. In this stage of the page's life cycle, all declared controls on the page are initialized, but the page's view state is not yet populated. You can access server controls, but they will not yet contain information returned from the user.

LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium	Postback	Page
Uses the Load method of the System.Web.UI.PageStatePersister object referenced by the PageStatePersister property to load any saved view-state information for the Page object.

LoadControlState	Postback	All
Restores control-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveControlState method.

LoadViewState	Postback	All
Restores view-state information from a previous page request that was saved by the SaveViewState method.

OnPreLoad	Always	Page
Called after all postback data returned from the user is loaded. At this stage in the page's life cycle, view-state information and postback data for declared controls and controls created during the initialization stage are loaded into the page's controls. Controls created in the OnPreLoad method will also be loaded with view-state and postback data.

OnLoad	Always	All
Notifies the server control that it should perform actions common to each HTTP request for the page it is associated with, such as setting up a database query. At this stage in the page lifecycle, server controls in the hierarchy are created and initialized, view state is restored, and form controls reflect client-side data.

RaisePostBackEvent	Postback	All
Notifies the server control that caused the postback that it should handle an incoming postback event.

OnLoadComplete	Always	Page
At this point in the page life cycle, all postback data and view-state data is loaded into controls on the page.

OnPreRender	Always	All
Notifies the server control to perform any necessary prerendering steps prior to saving view state and rendering content.

OnPreRenderComplete	Always	Page
At this stage of the page life cycle, all controls are created and the page is ready to render the output. This is the last event called before the page's view state is saved.

SaveControlState	Always	All
Saves any server control state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. If there is no state associated with the control, this method returns a null reference. Custom controls using control state must call the RegisterRequiresControlState method on the Page before saving control state.

SaveViewState	Always	All
Saves any server control view-state changes that have occurred since the time the page was posted back to the server. If there is no view state associated with the control, this method returns a null reference.

SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium	Always	Page
Saves any view-state and control-state information for the page. The SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium method uses the Save method of the System.Web.UI.PageStatePersister object referenced by the PageStatePersister property to store view-state and control-state information for the page.

Render	Always	All
Initializes the HtmlTextWriter object and calls on the child controls of the Page to render. The Render method is responsible for creating the text and markup that is sent to the client browser. The default Render method calls RenderChildren to write the text and markup for the controls contained on the page.

OnUnload	Always	All
Used to do target-specific processing in the Unload stage of the control lifecycle. Typically, these are cleanup functions that precede disposition of the control.