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I need to see the contents of the viewstate of an asp.net page. I looked for a viewstate decoder, found Fridz Onion's ViewState Decoder but it asks for the url of a page to get its viewstate. Since my viewstate is formed after a postback and comes as a result of an operation in an update panel, I cannot provide a url. I need to copy & paste the viewstate string and see what's inside. Is there a tool or a website exist that can help viewing the contents of viewstate?
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ViewState is base64-encoded. It is not encrypted but it can be encrypted by setting EnableViewStatMAC=”true” & setting the machineKey validation type to 3DES. If you want to NOT maintain the ViewState, include the directive < %@ Page EnableViewState="false" % > at the top of an .
View state is used automatically by the ASP.NET page framework to persist information that must be preserved between postbacks. This information includes any non-default values of controls. You can also use view state to store application data that is specific to a page.
The ViewState is basically generated by the server and is sent back to the client in the form of a hidden form field “_VIEWSTATE” for “POST” action requests. The client then sends it to the server when the POST action is performed from the web applications.
Here's an online ViewState decoder:
http://ignatu.co.uk/ViewStateDecoder.aspx
Edit: Unfortunatey, the above link is dead - here's another ViewState decoder (from the comments):
http://viewstatedecoder.azurewebsites.net/
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Use Fiddler and grab the view state in the response and paste it into the bottom left text box then decode.
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