<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> </div> </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx.cs using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.IO; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls; public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { ViewState["example"] = 5; string serializedExample = LosSerializeObject(5); Response.Write(serializedExample); Response.Write("<br />"); int example = (int)RetrieveObjectFromViewState(serializedExample); Response.Write(example); } string LosSerializeObject(object obj) { System.Web.UI.LosFormatter los = new System.Web.UI.LosFormatter(); StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); los.Serialize(writer, obj); return writer.ToString(); } object RetrieveObjectFromViewState(string serializedObject) { System.Web.UI.LosFormatter los = new System.Web.UI.LosFormatter(); return los.Deserialize(serializedObject); } }