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Access a Method in a Master Page with Code-Behind

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Written by Gregory Scot Collins

Friday, 16 June 2006, 7:09 AM

Create the Child.master.cs file

Copy the contents of Listing 6 into a text editor, and then save the file as Child.master.cs. Be sure to save it in the same folder as the Parent.master file.

C#
using System;
 
namespace Braintrove
{
    public partial class ChildMaster : System.Web.UI.MasterPage
    {
        protected void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Response.Write("<u>Load Child.Master</u><br/>");
 
            ParentMaster pm = (ParentMaster)Page.Master.Master;
            pm.ParentMasterFromChildMaster();
        }
 
        public void ChildMasterFromPage()
        {
            Response.Write("* Processing ChildMasterFromPage()<br/>");
        }
    }
}

Listing 6. The Child.master.cs file.

Create the Default.aspx.cs file

Copy the contents of Listing 8 into a text editor, and then save the file as Default.aspx.cs. Be sure to save it in the same folder as the Parent.master file.

C#
using System;
 
namespace Braintrove
{
    public partial class Page : System.Web.UI.Page
    {
        protected void Page_Load(Object Sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Response.Write("<u>Load Page</u><br/>");
 
            ChildMaster cm = (ChildMaster)Page.Master;
            cm.ChildMasterFromPage();
 
            ParentMaster pm = (ParentMaster)Page.Master.Master;
            pm.ParentMasterFromPage();
        }
    }
}

Listing 8. The Default.aspx.cs file.

Copy or upload all six files to the same folder on your Web server, and then navigate to the Default.aspx page. In this example, we navigate to http://localhost/Default.aspx and receive the following response:

Load Page

* Processing ChildMasterFromPage()

* Processing ParentMasterFromPage()

Load Child.Master

* Processing ParentMasterFromChildMaster()

Load Parent.Master

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		List of Figures
	Listing 1 - Code for accessing a method in an immediate master page.
	Listing 2 - Code for accessing a method in a parent master page.
	Listing 3 - The Parent.master file.
	Listing 4 - The Parent.master.cs file.
	Listing 5 - The Child.master file.
	Listing 6 - The Child.master.cs file.
	Listing 7 - The Default.aspx file.
	Listing 8 - The Default.aspx.cs file.

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Access a Method in a Master Page with Code-Behind

Create the Child.master file

Create the Child.master.cs file

Create the Default.aspx file

Create the Default.aspx.cs file

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