ASP.NET - cant GetType() of MasterPage

Answer 1

Type.GetType(string) requires an assembly-qualified type name.

Answer 2

The reason this is occurring is because you are compiling each page individually becuase you are using a website instead of a web project.

So each page is an individual assembly that doesn't know about the other. If you want to use the GetType I would recommend changing to a web project to make your life easier.

Answer 3

In the markup for your aspx page you can specify the master page type you are using like so:

<%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/MasterPage.master" %>

In any case, you can get the type of the current master page back from a call like this in your codebehind:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
 Type t;
 t = this.Master.GetType();
}

Answer 4

add to what Steve suggested, i use his method all the time, also check this MSDN article about MasterType directive.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228274.aspx