web-user-controls

I’m trying to wrap my head around asp.net. I have a background as a long time php developer, but I’m now facing the task of learning asp.net and I’m having some trouble with it. It might very well be because I’m trying to force the framework into something it is not intended for – so I’d like to learn how to do it “the right way”. 🙂

I have an int array as a property of a Web User Control. I’d like to set that property inline if possible using the following syntax:

I generaly disable viewstate for my ASP.net controls unless I explicitly know I am going to require view state for them. I have found that this can significantly reduce the page size of the HTML generated.