Chapter 6 BasePage

Darkryder007 · March 9th, 2015, 12:50 PM

Hi. I'm currently trying to design a website using a basepage but I am running into a problem when I upload it to a server.

CS0246: The type or namespace name 'BasePage' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

I'm trying to have my index(home page) inherit from basepage. The code I used to make that happen is seen below

-Index Page Code-
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

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

}
}

-Base Page Code-

using System;
using System.Web;

public class BasePage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
private void Page_PreInit(object send, EventArgs e)
{
HttpCookie preferredTheme = Request.Cookies.Get("PreferredTheme");
if (preferredTheme != null)
{
string folder = Server.MapPath("~/App_Themes/" + preferredTheme.Value);
{
Page.Theme = preferredTheme.Value;
}
}
}
private void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Title) || this.Title.Equals("Untitled Page",
StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
throw new Exception(
"Page title cannot be \"Untitled Page\" or an empty string.");
}
}
public BasePage()
{
this.PreRender += Page_PreRender;
this.PreInit += Page_PreInit;
}
}

What is the problem because I have no idea?
EDIT:My basepage.cs is in App_Code folder btw

Imar · March 9th, 2015, 03:11 PM

Hi there,

Is your site in the root of the server? If not, and it's in a sub folder, it may not be looking in the correct App_Code folder.

Cheers,

Imar

Darkryder007 · March 9th, 2015, 03:57 PM

That is indeed the case. What change need to be made to the code to make sure its looking at the right app-code folder then? (I'm not in charge of the server so I can make no changes on that end)

Darkryder007 · March 10th, 2015, 04:39 PM

Does anyone know what change i need to make basepage work?(again no access to the server side of things)

Reposted code with correct tags.
index page code

Code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

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

}
}

basepage code

Code:

using System;
using System.Web;

public class BasePage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
private void Page_PreInit(object send, EventArgs e)
{
HttpCookie preferredTheme = Request.Cookies.Get("PreferredTheme");
if (preferredTheme != null)
{
string folder = Server.MapPath("~/App_Themes/" + preferredTheme.Value);
{
Page.Theme = preferredTheme.Value;
}
}
}
private void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Title) || this.Title.Equals("Untitled Page",
StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
{
throw new Exception(
"Page title cannot be \"Untitled Page\" or an empty string.");
}
}
public BasePage()
{
this.PreRender += Page_PreRender;
this.PreInit += Page_PreInit;
}
}

Imar · March 11th, 2015, 11:10 AM

Hi there,

There's not much you can do. App_Code needs to be in the root of the application. That means either at the server level (e.g.: www.yourdomain.com/App_Code) or at the application level (e.g. www.yourdomain.com/AppName/App_Code). In the latter case, AppName needs to be configured as a separate application (and not just a folder) in IIS the web server, which needs to be done by an administrator on the serve.

Maybe you can ask your host to configure this for you?

Imar

Darkryder007 · March 11th, 2015, 03:25 PM

Ok I'll try. Is their a way to set-up a page to be able to switch themes with a dropdownlist without using basepage. If their is I can do that instead.

Imar · March 11th, 2015, 04:22 PM

You could set the theme in each page individually. Or you could try to set it in the Master Page as that would apply it to all pages that use that master.

But I would recommend trying to get a better hosting setup, as you'll run into lots of other issues if you can't use the App_Code or Bin folders.

Cheers,

Imar

Darkryder007 · March 30th, 2015, 01:38 AM

[UPDATE]My instructor has been working on resolving this issue server side and while he has fixed the basepage issue(at least as far I know he has) a new problem is now present.

The file '/MasterPages/Frontend.master' does not exist.

Code:

<%@ Page Title="main" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPages/Frontend.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Index.aspx.cs" Inherits="Index" %>

It is in a folder called MasterPages and is titled Frontend.master. I wanted to ask if this was still a problem with the server or if this is something I could fix on my end?

Also I noticed this on the error page:
Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.34237

That is not version 4.5 right? If its not could that be whats causing all the problems?

Imar · April 4th, 2015, 04:04 AM

Hi there,

It sounds like the same issue: an incorrect folder structure where your site is either not in the root of the server, or it's not marked as an application in IIS so it has its own root. Can you provide more details about your site's structure, the URL you use and the way the server has been configured?

>> That is not version 4.5 right?

It could be. The .NET Famework 4.5 uses the .NET runtime 4.0; you see the latter version number here.

Cheers,

Imar