Early response termination when using an ASP.NET Master Page

Question

I have a page which needs to terminate execution of it's code (which is run at render) but not stop the execution of the MasterPage.

The problem is this, page 'Default.aspx' uses the masterpage 'MasterPage1.aspx'. The code in Default.aspx checks a certain condition and if found to be true, Default.aspx needs to stop executing, but render the rest of the MasterPage.

I found that if I call response.end() in default.aspx, the rendering of the MasterPage is also terminated.

So what I am looking for is an alternative which stops execution in default.aspx, but still renders the rest of the MasterPage.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Rather than returning a master page without any content, why not use Response.Redirect to go to an error page (which could have the same master page)?

Answer 2

You can use Server.Transfer() to go to a new page, and avoid a redirect.