I would like to manage my groups of routines and classes in separate files. I could do this in ASP using the #INCLUDE statement. How does one do this technique in Asp.Net? Asp.Net seems to only allow one code-behind file forcing all code to be in one file. This is a mangement nightmare. I hope Asp.Net is not this restrictive.

Thank you,

--Llyal

Hello,

In your project, you declare a class or module:

Public Class MyClass

OR

Public Module MyModule

You can call these at any scope within your application, so in your code behind file, you can make a call to

private sub Page_Load(..)
  Dim objClass as New MyClass
  Response.Write(objClass.MyMethod(..))
end sub

And do whatever with these methods. Alternatively if you declare a method as shared (VB.NET) or static (C#), you can call it without instantiating the object:

private sub Page_Load(..)
  Response.Write(MyClass.MyMethod(..))
end sub

Hope this helps,

Brian

In your ASP.net project, you can add a class file. This is a single file with an extension for the language you are using (.vb or .cs). These files can live anywhere within the web application project and will get compiled with the code-behind of the pages. All of your shared functions will then be accessible to the code in the code-behind.

Group the functions into classes to organize common functionality. In many cases, especially if you are looking to create simple functions, you can declare the functions so that you do not need an instance of their parent class to use them. Normally, you need to instantiate the class to call one of its methods. Using the keyword "Shared" in VB.net or "static" in C# causes the method to be accessible without the need for a class instance. This way you can call the function directly by the class name and method name: MyClass.MyMethod().

Peter
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