>Hi everybody,
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>I'm adding an attribute to a control in a UserControl. I suspect I don't have to do this every time. But how can I find out if my UserControl loads the first time or not?
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>Thanks in advance.

Check Page.IsPostBack, if it's true, you may not need to reload it. Controls do load everytime, but there is a lot of code in the background which makes it appear as though they are maintaining state.