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Sandeep Thomas
Sandeep Thomas

Reputation: 4747

Master Page Public property not available in Content Page

I'm trying to access a master page property from content page so that I can set a literal on master page file easily. So I created the master page property this way in Masterpage vb file

    Public Property PropertyOnMasterPage() As String
    Get
        ' Get value of control on master page
        Return ltr_companyname.Text
    End Get
    Set(ByVal value As String)
        ' Set new value for control on master page
        ltr_companyname.Text = value
    End Set
    End Property

But I've no idea how can I get or set this property from content page.(based on this tutorial). Thats in C#. But when I tried Master. intellisense not showing that master page property. So how can I get the master page property on contetn page. Do it required to refer anything on the content page?

EDIT

These are master page and content page screenshot.. In the content page screenshot, you can see intellisense not finding that property

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Master page enter image description here

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1899

Answers (3)

mason
mason

Reputation: 32704

The thing you're missing is that you need to set the MasterType from the content page so that it will know what class the master page is. Then it will be strongly typed and there will be no need to cast it.

Put this below your @ Page directive, obviously with the correct path to your master page.

<%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/masters/SourcePage.master" %>

Upvotes: 3

Brian Mains
Brian Mains

Reputation: 50728

I have not had luck with strong typing reference to the master page, so what I normally do is create an interface:

Public Interface IMyMaster
    Property PropertyOnMasterPage As String
End Interface

On your master page file, implement it:

Public Class SiteMaster
    Inherits MasterPage
    Implements IMyMaster

    Public Property PropertyOnMasterPage As String Implements IMyMaster.PropertyOnMasterPage

End Class

And then convert the Me.Master reference to the interface, and access the property like:

CTYpe(Me.Master, IMyMaster).PropertyOnMasterPage

The interface adds a looser coupling (sort of) anyway.

Upvotes: 0

Muhammad Nour
Muhammad Nour

Reputation: 2327

In C# You can Use this.Master to Access the page Master page I think You should have Me.Master

so In content page you would end up like this

Me.Master.PropertyOnMasterPage

Upvotes: 1

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