When creating a web control should you override OnLoad or implement Page_Load

Question

When you create a new web user control in visual studio it by default adds the Page_Load event. What is the advantage to using this rather than overriding the base OnLoad event on the control? Is it just that the Page_Load event fires before OnLoad?

Answer 1

The OnLoad method should be the place where the Load event is raised. I personally always try to handle the event unless I need to do extra processing around raising the event.

I recommend handling the event itself under normal circumstances.

Answer 2

You may find this article on the page lifecycle from Microsoft useful.

Answer 3

As you can see above, it does mostly come down to personal choice IF that choice is made knowledgeably. The best quick but solid overview I've seen is at http://weblogs.asp.net/infinitiesloop/archive/2008/03/24/onload-vs-page-load-vs-load-event.aspx