Master Page and Content Page Interaction.

When programming asp.net web applications with master and content pages, I often need to access some controls on the master page from the content pages. And it is always a reinvention of the wheel on how to do it the right way.

I have been using the same method for some time now, but never gotten to share this knowledge with the public. I believe the information is unknown to most developers.

Yesterday I came across an article on CodeProject, which describes this method in a very clear way. There goes my article.

The details are in short:

• Add

  <%@ MasterType virtualpath="~/DetailsMaster.master" %>

  
  to the content page.
  
  
  



• Create a public function in the master page to access the control
  

  
  public Label LabelReference()
  
  {
      ' Create a reference to an actual label on the page
      LabelReference = lblDetailsItemName;
  
  }

  
  



• Call the function from the content page
  
  
  
  

  Master.LabelReference.Text = "Some Text";

  
  
  
  

The full details of the aricle are here: CodeProject: Master Page and Content Page Interaction.