Dheeman Dutta

Hi,
Can you share a real life example.

Thanks
Ravi

Suppose you are trying to load a Masterpage explicitly using code based on some conditions , and this applies to all the pasge in your website. Using this contaring for loading master pages , you won't be able to specify the master page while adding any page in the website.

Suppose we have this class
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public class DynamicMasterPage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e)
{
// LoadMasterPage() loads a master page based on some criteria.
string masterFile = LoadMasterPage();
if (!masterFile.Equals(string.Empty))
{
base.MasterPageFile = masterFile;
}
base.OnPreInit(e);
}
}
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Now in order to make all pages in your website inherit from this class you need to mention the pageBaseType in the Web.Config.

>>>>

<system.web>
<pages pageBaseType="DynamicMasterPage" />
</system.web>

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Cheers

Only works with inline ASPX pages, unfortunately. VS still generates code-behind pages inheriting System.Web.UI.Page, which overrides pageBaseType. So, it is pretty useless.

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