Nested Master and contentplacehol ders

[rshillington]

Consider a site with 3 files the purpose of which I hope is evident in
their names: SiteMaster.mast er, threeColumnMast er.Master, which uses
SiteMaster.mast er as its master page and default.aspx which uses
threeColumnMast er.master as it's master page.

The question is can Default.aspx access a ContentPlaceHol der control
defined in SiteMaster.Mast er. It would seem not, but I just want to
double check.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph Shillington

[clintonG]

You're using "nested" MasterPages and yes, you can still reference a
ContentPlaceHol der in the top-level Master by passing the value of the
ContentPlaceHol der ID to the FindControl method. Referencing controls when
using MasterPages gets laborious to explain. There are very good blogs that
document MasterPages. One of the better if not the best is at
http://OdeToCode.com.
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NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee. com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

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Consider a site with 3 files the purpose of which I hope is evident in
their names: SiteMaster.mast er, threeColumnMast er.Master, which uses
SiteMaster.mast er as its master page and default.aspx which uses
threeColumnMast er.master as it's master page.

The question is can Default.aspx access a ContentPlaceHol der control
defined in SiteMaster.Mast er. It would seem not, but I just want to
double check.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph Shillington

[rshillington]

Clinton,

Thanks for the reply. If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting
the only way to get at ContentPlaceHol ders in the hierarchy is through
code. That's a bit unfortunate, but good to know.

Regards,
Ralph Shillington

clintonG wrote:

You're using "nested" MasterPages and yes, you can still reference a
ContentPlaceHol der in the top-level Master by passing the value of the
ContentPlaceHol der ID to the FindControl method. Referencing controls when
using MasterPages gets laborious to explain. There are very good blogs that
document MasterPages. One of the better if not the best is at
http://OdeToCode.com.
<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee. com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

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Consider a site with 3 files the purpose of which I hope is evident in
their names: SiteMaster.mast er, threeColumnMast er.Master, which uses
SiteMaster.mast er as its master page and default.aspx which uses
threeColumnMast er.master as it's master page.

The question is can Default.aspx access a ContentPlaceHol der control
defined in SiteMaster.Mast er. It would seem not, but I just want to
double check.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph Shillington

[clintonG]

Yes, that's exactly what I meant to convey. Enable trace in the content page
and look for controls and you'll see the hierarchy. Read OdeToCode.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

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Clinton,

Thanks for the reply. If I understand you correctly, you're suggesting
the only way to get at ContentPlaceHol ders in the hierarchy is through
code. That's a bit unfortunate, but good to know.

Regards,
Ralph Shillington

clintonG wrote:

>You're using "nested" MasterPages and yes, you can still reference a
ContentPlaceHo lder in the top-level Master by passing the value of the
ContentPlaceHo lder ID to the FindControl method. Referencing controls
when
using MasterPages gets laborious to explain. There are very good blogs
that
document MasterPages. One of the better if not the best is at
http://OdeToCode.com.
<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee. com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

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Consider a site with 3 files the purpose of which I hope is evident in
their names: SiteMaster.mast er, threeColumnMast er.Master, which uses
SiteMaster.mast er as its master page and default.aspx which uses
threeColumnMast er.master as it's master page.

The question is can Default.aspx access a ContentPlaceHol der control
defined in SiteMaster.Mast er. It would seem not, but I just want to
double check.

Thanks in advance,

Ralph Shillington

[Alan Silver]

In article <11************ *********@75g20 00cwc.googlegro ups.com>,
rshillington <rs**********@g mail.comwrites

>Consider a site with 3 files the purpose of which I hope is evident in
their names: SiteMaster.mast er, threeColumnMast er.Master, which uses
SiteMaster.mas ter as its master page and default.aspx which uses
threeColumnMas ter.master as it's master page.

The question is can Default.aspx access a ContentPlaceHol der control
defined in SiteMaster.Mast er. It would seem not, but I just want to
double check.

The easiest way is to have a contentplacehol der in the child master that
simply refers to the content control in the main master. That's what I
do and it works fine.

HTH

--
Alan Silver
(anything added below this line is nothing to do with me)