Creating instance of another page class to access the control tree

[Willy Van den Driessche]

Hello,
I am writing (Yet Another) Content Management Application. To make it
easier for the end-users, I would like to retrieve the structure of the
website. To do this, I would like to "walk the tree structure" of the
website. The structure of the site is inside custom ASP controls in the
pages of the site. What I need is a way to instantiate the class behind a
page, so that I can discover it's structure using the controls tree (and
then navigating to other pages etc until I have the entire structure of the
site). I need the "instantiated class", not it's HTML output. Essentially
I want a line of code that would do

dim pageToDiscover as new Index.aspx

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance.

[MasterGaurav \(www.edujini-labs.com\)]

then navigating to other pages etc until I have the entire structure of

the site). I need the "instantiated class", not it's HTML output.
Essentially I want a line of code that would do

You do not, and should not instantiate the ASPX-Classes.
Why do you need it anyway?

For the sitemap... look at the Tree Control and SitemapDataSource!
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Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish | www.mastergaurav.com
www.edujini-labs.com
http://eduzine.edujini-labs.com
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[bruce barker]

see PageParser.GetCompiledPageInstance()
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Willy Van den Driessche wrote:

Hello,
I am writing (Yet Another) Content Management Application. To make it
easier for the end-users, I would like to retrieve the structure of the
website. To do this, I would like to "walk the tree structure" of the
website. The structure of the site is inside custom ASP controls in the
pages of the site. What I need is a way to instantiate the class behind
a page, so that I can discover it's structure using the controls tree
(and then navigating to other pages etc until I have the entire
structure of the site). I need the "instantiated class", not it's HTML
output. Essentially I want a line of code that would do

dim pageToDiscover as new Index.aspx

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance.