I'm not sure this is the correct forum to post this.  Apologies if it isn't.

It appears each time I break in my module's View object Page_Load method I have a new instance of the View.  I verified this by placing a break point int he View constructor..  The page controls do not have data that was originally posted because a new instance of the View was created, either by DNN or ASP.  If I understand it correctly, I will need to save data elements at the App or Session level in order to make the input fields sticky and check for a post back in the page load.

I checked my approach and found I was using the ASP page events.  Even after removing those the text fields were not sticky.  What I found was in response to a Query command on my page I invoked a page redirect to force and update of my grid control.  This appears to have the same effects as if I had freshly opened a new link to the page.  It created the view anew.  I removed the following code and invoked a Rebind() on the grid control to force its update.  All works perfectly now.  Thanks for the help.

this.Response.Redirect(Globals.NavigateURL(this.TabId), false);