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Rachel · December 19th, 2008, 12:42 AM

Hi Imar:

I'm not sure I'm doing this right. After exporting the "MyBasePage" as instructed, I do see it now in the template region under My Templates.

But when I add a new page by right clicking on my website name and choosing Add new item, and adding a new page called TestPage.aspx, the page's title is TestPage. But it doesn't inherit from BasePage.

In the page's source view it inherits from TestPage:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="TestPage.aspx.cs" Inherits="TestPage" %>

And in the Code Behind file it inherits from System.Web.UI.Page:

public partial class TestPage : System.Web.UI.Page

Is that what the test page file is supposed to state?

Was I suppose to click on the MyBasePage when I added the page and named it TestPage?

Rachel

Imar · December 19th, 2008, 02:48 AM

Sounds like you forgot to change the classname in the code behind file.... Or maybe you didn't save that file before you exported the template and only saved the .aspx?

You should have Inherits BasePage in the Code Behind as well...

Imar

Rachel · December 19th, 2008, 10:01 PM

I'm re-doing it.

On page 210 in the try it out, I wasn't sure the first time I did this and am still not sure now as I do it again, what you mean there by making sure it... "is based on the master page in the MasterPages folder".

What I am doing is :

I right click my website c:\BegASPNET\WebSite1\, then "Add new item", then choose "Web Form", name it Template.aspx, and make sure both the check boxes are checked for code behind and "Select Master Page"?

Is that correct?

Rae

Rachel · December 19th, 2008, 10:28 PM

After re-doing, I end up with the same file info in the test page added after exporting the MyBasePage file:

From Testpage's aspx file:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/MasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="TestPage.aspx.cs" Inherits="TestPage" Title="Untitled Page" %>

<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="cpMainContent" Runat="Server">
my optional comments .
</asp:Content>

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from code behind (aspx.cs) file:

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Linq;

public partial class TestPage : BasePage
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}
}

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I made sure I "saved all". I clicked the Save All button at top of my menu couple of times to be sure and saved the page individually as well before exporting it.

Rachel

Rachel · December 19th, 2008, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imar

Sounds like you forgot to change the classname in the code behind file.... Or maybe you didn't save that file before you exported the template and only saved the .aspx?

You should have Inherits BasePage in the Code Behind as well...

Imar

I've got it in the code behind, but not in the aspx file.

Also, I did change the class name from Template to $safeitemname$ .

Imar · December 20th, 2008, 06:15 AM

The final code you posted looks exactly as it should, doesn't it?

Imar

Rachel · December 20th, 2008, 12:16 PM

Oh, ok. I thought when you said "You should have Inherits BasePage in the Code Behind as well..."
that I should have had "inherits : BasePage" instead of "inherits : TestPage" in the .aspx file as well.

So it is okay I guess.

Thanks,
Rachel

Imar · December 20th, 2008, 12:57 PM

Heuh? The Code Behind is just that: the (nested) code file that sits behind the .aspx file.

The book uses "Code Behind" to refer to the code behind, and Markup View to refer to the "code before" of the ASPX page.

Furthermore, the Code Behind class inherits from BasePage. The "code before" class in turn inherits from this class (like TestPage) defined in Code Behind.

Imar

Rachel · December 23rd, 2008, 11:05 AM

Thanks Imar.
That makes it a little clearer for me.

Rachel