ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

Loading Master Pages Dynamically for Multiple Content Pages

In the previous section, you learned how to load a Master Page dynamically for a single page in a website. However, what if you need to load a Master Page dynamically for every content page in a website?

The easiest way to apply the same logic to multiple content pages is to create a new base Page class. The file in Listing 5.22 contains a new base Page class named DynamicMasterPage.

Note

Add the file in Listing 5.22 to your application’s App_Code folder.

Listing 5.22. DynamicMasterPage.cs

The class in Listing 5.22 inherits from the Page class. However, it overrides the base Page ...