ASP.NET Directives The Page Directive
Example
The Page directive defines the attributes specific to the page file for the page parser and the compiler.
The basic syntax of Page directive is:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" Trace="true" %>
The attributes of the Page directive are:
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| AutoEventWireup | The Boolean value that enables or disables page events that are being automatically bound to methods; for example, Page_Load. |
| Buffer | The Boolean value that enables or disables HTTP response buffering. |
| ClassName | The class name for the page. |
| ClientTarget | The browser for which the server controls should render content. |
| CodeFile | The name of the code behind file. |
| Debug | The Boolean value that enables or disables compilation with debug symbols. |
| Description | The text description of the page, ignored by the parser. |
| EnableSessionState | It enables, disables, or makes session state read-only. |
| EnableViewState | The Boolean value that enables or disables view state across page requests. |
| ErrorPage | URL for redirection if an unhandled page exception occurs. |
| Inherits | The name of the code behind or other class. |
| Language | The programming language for code. |
| Src | The file name of the code behind class. |
| Trace | It enables or disables tracing. |
| TraceMode | It indicates how trace messages are displayed, and sorted by time or category. |
| Transaction | It indicates if transactions are supported. |
| ValidateRequest | The Boolean value that indicates whether all input data is validated against a hardcoded list of values. |
