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Here is a code from Chris Love on how to move ViewState to bottom of the page:

Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal writer As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)

    Dim stringWriter As New System.IO.StringWriter

    Dim htmlWriter As New HtmlTextWriter(stringWriter)

    MyBase.Render(htmlWriter)

    Dim html As String = stringWriter.ToString()

    Dim StartPoint As Integer = html.IndexOf("<input type=""hidden"" name=""__VIEWSTATE""")

    If StartPoint >= 0 Then

        Dim EndPoint As Integer = html.IndexOf("/>", StartPoint) + 2

        Dim viewstateInput As String = html.Substring(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        html = html.Remove(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        Dim FormEndStart As Integer = html.IndexOf("</form>") - 1

        If FormEndStart >= 0 Then

            html = html.Insert(FormEndStart, viewstateInput)

        End If

    End If

    StartPoint = html.IndexOf("<input type=""hidden"" name=""__EVENTTARGET""")

    If StartPoint >= 0 Then

        Dim EndPoint As Integer = html.IndexOf("/>", StartPoint) + 2

        Dim viewstateInput As String = html.Substring(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        html = html.Remove(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        Dim FormEndStart As Integer = html.IndexOf("</form>") - 1

        If FormEndStart >= 0 Then

            html = html.Insert(FormEndStart, viewstateInput) '

        End If

    End If

    StartPoint = html.IndexOf("<input type=""hidden"" name=""__EVENTARGUMENT""")

    If StartPoint >= 0 Then

        Dim EndPoint As Integer = html.IndexOf("/>", StartPoint) + 2

        Dim viewstateInput As String = html.Substring(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        html = html.Remove(StartPoint, EndPoint - StartPoint)

        Dim FormEndStart As Integer = html.IndexOf("</form>") - 1

        If FormEndStart >= 0 Then

            html = html.Insert(FormEndStart, viewstateInput) '

        End If

    End If

    writer.Write(html)

End Sub

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