Posted on: 4/4/2014 9:47:50 PM | Views : 293

Hi,
I am porting a launcher from Classic ASP.  I have been using ASP.net WebForms, but seem to run into all sorts of issues with performance, huge viewstate, rebuilds of the form, etc.  I also am finding things that would be one line in HTML like posting data to a Classic ASP page which is opening in a new window are complex (to me) in ASP,net web forms.  As a result of these issues I am wondering if ASP.net WebForms is the correct technology.   The basic design is described below and I would appreciate any comments.

The launcher is made up of a single aspx page, MainPage.aspx.  This page is divided into two halves. The right half is a iFrame were we put various pages (.asp and .aspx) and feature/subfeature MRU list.   The left half has a control I call left-side-Nav.ascx.  The left-side-Nav control has 6 feature tabs.  Each of these features is implemented as a seperate control, Feature1.ascx, feature2. asc ...

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