http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/ Innovation. Imagination. Delivered. en-us Christopher L Price Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:20:03 GMT newtelligence dasBlog 2.3.9074.18820 blog@centralflsoftware.com blog@centralflsoftware.com http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/Trackback.aspx?guid=bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51 http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/pingback.aspx http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51.aspx Christopher Price 28.171599 -82.001953 http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/CommentView,guid,bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51.aspx http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetEntryCommentsRss?guid=bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51 One of the things we frequently see when a client-project uses masterpages is the following type-cast:

MasterPageType myMasterPage = Page.Master as MasterPageType;

To avoid this type-cast you can simply add the following directive to your page:

<%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/Site.master" %>

Adding this directive to your page will make the Master property strongly-typed (Page.Master remains loosely-typed) to your masterpage eliminating the need to do the aforementioned type-cast.

http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51.aspx http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/2009/06/24/CodingTipsMasterPages.aspx Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:20:03 GMT One of the things we frequently see when a client-project uses masterpages is the following type-cast:<br> <br> <code> MasterPageType myMasterPage = Page.Master as MasterPageType; </code> <br> <br> To avoid this type-cast you can simply add the following directive to your page:<br> <br> <code> &lt;%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/Site.master" %&gt; </code> <br> <br> Adding this directive to your page will make the <code>Master</code> property strongly-typed (<code>Page.Master</code> remains loosely-typed) to your masterpage eliminating the need to do the aforementioned type-cast.<br> <br> <img width="0" height="0" src="http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/aggbug.ashx?id=bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51" /> http://www.centralflsoftware.com/blog/CommentView,guid,bf884849-ef57-4ade-9bf5-d460a38ffd51.aspx Coding Tips