Question

I am trying after the btnCreate_OnClick event to reset the form to it’s default value just like the first page_load. The problem is after PostBack, every textbox and other controls, reloads the ViewState value. I cannot deactivate viewstate because of server event on DropDownList selection. The only way I found so far is to Redirect to self after the click event, but this loads the page twice and is therefor a bad solution. I have try ViewState.Clear() and update the UpdatePanel, but was unsuccessful.

I could do a loop for all controls and set the txtXXXXX.Text == ”, but I’m quite sure it’s not the best idea.

Something like Page.Reset() would have been just perfect but it doesn’t exist.

Any thought on this problem of mine?

Thanks

Answer 1

If workable, I usually just use Response.Redirect to reload the same page from scratch.

An initial GET request to a page usually costs less than subsequent POSTs anyway, so there’s not much reason to avoid it.