Question

I have a web control that derives from another web control (in this case GridView).
When I add new properties to that web control, such as

public string name {get;set;} 

Is that property being saved somewhere?
If so, is it stored in Control State automatically or do I need to override the
SaveControlState function …

I was able to determine the behavior of the application, but would like to know the correct
implementation.

Answer 1

There are some other ways, but out of scope for this question, see below:

//stores it in memory
public string name {get;set;} 

//viewstate backed property, preserved on postback when viewstate is enabled
public string name {
    get
    {
        return (string)ViewState["name "] ?? String.Empty; //default value
    }
    set
    {
        ViewState["name "] = value;
    }
}