How to access a user control in a masterpage from a content page?

Question

Lets say that I have a header user control in a master page, and want to change a property of the user control depending on what content page is loaded inside of the master page. How might I go about this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use two methods. The first is by using Page.Master.FindControl('controlID') . Then you can cast it to the type of your user control. The second method is by adding a <%@ MasterType VirtualPath=""> OR <%@ MasterType TypeName=""%> tag to your aspx page. In the VirtualPath add the virtual path to the master page, or the class in the TypeName . You can then access everything with intellisense.

Answer 2

first find the user control in the masterpage as below.Then find the control you need to access their property.

UserControl uch = Page.Master.FindControl("ucHeader1") as UserControl;
PlaceHolder phProxylist= ucHeader1.FindControl("phProxy") as PlaceHolder;
DropDownList ddlproxylist1 = ucHeader1.FindControl("ddlProxyList") as DropDownList;
phProxylist.Visible = false;

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

还有另外一种方法，那就是在主页面上创建一个公开属性的公共属性。

Answer 4

Using a public property would work. In the content page's FormLoad method, you could do something like this (VB):

Dim myMaster as MyMasterPage = CType(Page.Master, MyMasterPage)
myMaster.MyUserControl.Text = "Hello!"