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From http://www.asp.net/general/videos/page-lifecycle-events
A bit about the order in the asp.net forms

Public Class _Default
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

   
    Private Sub Page_PreInit(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.PreInit
        'if ths post is a postback we can check the IsPostback property
        'if this is a Postback the user controls hasn't been reconstituted from the viewstate yet
        'set things that are global to the page
        'dynamicly set a master page or a theme property , desision based on a geography or a time 
        'profile property
        'dynamicly added controls by a logic 
    End Sub
    Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
        'rewrite any specific control properties
    End Sub

    Private Sub Page_InitComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.InitComplete
        'after all of the initialazation took place
        'logic that depends on the controls initialized 
    End Sub

    Private Sub Page_PreLoad(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.PreLoad
        'pre loads for all of the controls are being fired 
        'after this viewstate is being initialized 
        'all of the post back data is being initialized from the postback
    End Sub
    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        'any child control event implemented is being fired 
    End Sub

    Private Sub Page_LoadComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.LoadComplete
        'any task that requires all of the controls on the page to be loaded and validated 
    End Sub


    Private Sub Page_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.PreRender
        'final changes to controls before its becoming the html 
    End Sub


    Private Sub Page_SaveStateComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.SaveStateComplete
        'viewstate has been saved 
        'won't be rendered to the page
        'can apply some logic that requires the viewstate to be completed
    End Sub

    Private Sub Page_Unload(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Unload
        'been rendered
        'final cleanups
        'after proccessing
        'close any files
        'release any db connecions
    End Sub
End Class