consistent pages

zaid · June 22nd, 2012, 05:19 AM

Why do I need to create a BasePage that inherits from the Page Class so that I add some code there, can't I just add the code I want to the master.vb??

Imar · June 22nd, 2012, 05:29 AM

For some functionality, yes, you could write code in the Master Page. However, since the Master is not a page, not all Page events are available to respond to. In additon, you may have multiple master pages which could mean duplicating code. And finally not all of your pages may be based on a Master Page. By having a central BasePage, these pages could still benefit by the behavior in the BasePage.

Cheers,

Imar

bpl · January 29th, 2013, 12:56 PM

BasePage is just a class which includes some code. It does not have any other information (for example about Master Page). When we create a new page inherits from BasePage, checkbox "Select Master Page" is disabled. How program knows, that we want to create a new page based on a Master Page? What if we want to use BasePage and the same time want to create page not based on a Master Page? In addition, we may have multiple master pages and want to create a new page based on one of them. How this information can be included in BasePage?

Imar · January 29th, 2013, 01:27 PM

>> When we create a new page inherits from BasePage, checkbox "Select Master Page" is disabled. How program knows, that we want to create a new page based on a Master Page?

I think you're mixing uo a few things. The Add New Item dialog is just a quick way to add files to the site. You can still change the Master Page of a page you added in the page directive, or change the BasePage in the code behind. The reason that the checkbox is disabled is because the template you created is one for a Web Form with a Master Page and with a BasePage.

You can create your own templates that either have a Master Page, or a BasePage, or both, or none of them. To see the effect, just create a few different pages and export them as templates.

Hope this helps,

Imar