How to access Controls found in inner MasterPage

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Hi guys,

I have MasterPage1 and MasterPage2 that its master page is MasterPage1

and ASP.net page called MyPage its master page is MasterPage2 like that:

MasterPage1 >>>>> MasterPage2 >>>>>>>>>> MyPage

I want to access controls found in MasterPage2 from MyPage
I can access the controls in the outer MasterPage, but the problem i cannot access the controls in the inner MasterPage, Although I thought it easy

I try that but not worked with me:

C#

LinkButton tb = this.Master.FindControl("lbtnContact") as LinkButton;

Posted 11-Aug-12 16:46pm

MrLonely_2

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_Amy 11-Aug-12 23:43pm

Are you using nested master?

MrLonely_2 11-Aug-12 23:49pm

yes

_Amy 12-Aug-12 0:09am

try my answer.

4 solutions

Solution 1

Try this code:

C#

LinkButton tb = (LinkButton)Master.FindControl("lbtnContact")

Good Luck

Posted 11-Aug-12 17:36pm

_Raj sinha

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MrLonely_2 11-Aug-12 23:37pm

I tried it before but not worked

Solution 2

Refer this[^] link for the similar discussion. This will help you.
And please read Nested ASP.NET Master Pages[^], it'll help you to understand the flow.

--Amit

Posted 11-Aug-12 18:08pm

_Amy

Updated 11-Aug-12 18:25pm

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MrLonely_2 12-Aug-12 0:11am

I tried it before, that can access the controls in first or outer MasterPage only, i want controls in inner MasterPage which is the master page for the page that i write code on it

_Amy 12-Aug-12 0:25am

Try my updated answer.

MrLonely_2 12-Aug-12 1:14am

Thanks Amy, i will read and tell you

Solution 4

Hi,

if you know that you have fix master page hierarchy then you can easily find the control like ,

C#

(this.Page.Master.Master.FindControl("textbox1") as TextBox).Text

In above example my parent master page contain one text box with textbox1 as it's ID and i would like to find the Text property of that text box.

Hope from this code you will get idea about how you can get your control information.

Thanks
-Amit Gajjar.

Posted 11-Aug-12 20:17pm

AmitGajjar

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Raje_ · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-11T19:11:00

Solution 3

I think you should use following code:

C#

ContentPlaceHolder cp = this.Master.Master.FindControl("MainContent") as   ContentPlaceHolder;
LinkButton lb = cp.FindControl("lbtnContact") as LinkButton;

where your main(topmost) masterpage has a contentplaceholder like:

ASP.NET

<asp:contentplaceholder id="MainContent" runat="server" />

I hope it will help you.

Posted 11-Aug-12 19:11pm

Raje_

Updated 11-Aug-12 19:14pm

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MrLonely_2 12-Aug-12 1:13am

Thanks, but i tried it before also and not work

Raje_ 12-Aug-12 3:30am

I think you are not properly nesting your master page.
Refer this link:
http://www.asp.net/web-forms/tutorials/master-pages/nested-master-pages-cs
Go to "Step 2: Creating a Simple Nested Master Page" this section.

MrLonely_2 13-Aug-12 0:44am

Sorry Rajesh Biswas, your answer is right and it worked nice with me
Thank you very much

Raje_ 13-Aug-12 0:49am

Welcome.