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Event Sequence

This article elaborates on the event sequence of the RadTreeList control in the cases when ViewState is enabled or disabled.

  • RadTreeList with EnableViewState set to true (default value)
First page load:
Page.Load
NeedDataSource
Foreach Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Page.PreRender
Normal postback from a control outside of RadTreeList:
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
Page.Load
Postback Events
Page.PreRender
On server selection from TreeListSelectColumn/LinkButton/PushButton/ImageButton with CommandName Select or Deselect (part of the RadTreeList body):
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
Page.Load
ItemCommand
Other postback events
Page.PreRender
On server selection from TreeListSelectColumn/LinkButton/PushButton/ImageButton with CommandName Select or Deselect (part of the RadTreeList body) when AllowRecursiveSelection="true" :
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
Page.Load
ItemCommand
NeedDataSource
Foreach Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Other postback events
Page.PreRender
On expand/collapse action and paging/sorting operation or Edit/InitInsert/Cancel/Delete/Update/PerformInsert command
For each Item:
ItemCreated
Page.Load
ItemCommand
PageIndexChanged/PageSizeChanged/Sorting/ItemCommand
NeedDataSource
For each Item:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Page.PreRender
  • RadTreeList with EnableViewState set to false
First page load:
Page.Load
NeedDataSource
Foreach Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Page.PreRender
Normal postback from a control outside of RadTreeList:
Page.Load
NeedDataSource
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Postback Events
Page.PreRender
On server selection/recursive selection from TreeListSelectColumn/LinkButton/PushButton/ImageButton with CommandName Select or Deselect (part of the RadTreeList body):
Page.Load
NeedDataSource
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
ItemCommand
Other postback events
Page.PreRender
On expand/collapse action or paging/sorting operation or Edit/InitInsert/Cancel/Delete/Update/PerformInsert command
Page.Load
NeedDataSource
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
ItemCommand
PageIndexChanged/PageSizeChanged/Sorting/ItemCommand
NeedDataSource
For each Item in RadTreeList:
ItemCreated
ItemDataBound
Page.PreRender
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