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 realise there are already accepted solutions for this, but I just stumbled across this thread.

The simplest solution is the one listed in the Microsoft website (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c8y19k6h.ASPX )

Basically it says, your code will work as-is, if you include an extra directive in the child page aspx:

<%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/MyMaster.Master" %>

Then you can directly reference the property in the base MyPage by:

  public string PageID
  {
        set
        {
            Master.PageID = value;
        }
        get
        {
            return Master.PageID;
        }
    }