VisualWebPart not stores ViewState properly

Question

ViusalWebPart not retrieving ViewState on Page_Load even if EnableViewState = ture

public uint ItemsCount
 {
  get
   {
       if (ViewState["ItemsCount"] != null)
             return (uint)ViewState["ItemsCount"];
                return 1;
   }
  set
  {
        ViewState["ItemsCount"] = value;
  }
}  

Here the Page_Load block

if (!IsPostBack)
   ItemsCount = (uint)SharePointHelper.SharePointHelper.GetListItemsCount(EventListName, "");

every time ItemsCount back as 1, any guesses? - SharePoint Server 2010 -

Answer 1

can you plese check the visual webaprt life cycle http://blogs.msdn.com/b/guruketepalli/archive/2011/11/29/visual-web-part-life-cycle.aspx