How do I reference an ASP.net MasterPage from App_Code

Question

I\'m working on a .net 3.5 site, standard website project.

I\'ve written a custom page class in the sites App_Code folder (MyPage).

I also have a master page

Answer 1

I've tended to do the following with Web Site projects:

In App_Code create the the following:

BaseMaster.cs

using System.Web.UI;

public class BaseMaster : MasterPage
{
    public string MyString { get; set; }
}

BasePage.cs:

using System;
using System.Web.UI;

public class BasePage : Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (null != Master && Master is BaseMaster)
        {
            ((BaseMaster)Master).MyString = "Some value";
        }
    }
}

My Master pages then inherit from BaseMaster:

using System;

public partial class Masters_MyMasterPage : BaseMaster
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(MyString))
        {
            // Do something.
        }
    }
}

And my pages inherit from BasePage:

public partial class _Default : BasePage