Asp.net: Can we use MasterPage's viewstate in ContentPage ?

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Asp.net: Can we use MasterPage's viewstate in ContentPage ?

Answer 1

Master pages and content pages do not share the same ViewState. If you are trying to pass something from the master page to the content page there are a couple of alternatives:

• use this.Context.Items that is common to the entire site during an HTTP request
• make a public property in the master page, use @MasterType in ContentPage. Set the value of the property as value in ViewState in Master Page's events and access them in the Content Page.
• use Session

For setting the values and retrieving them you would need to play with the Master-Content page events carefully... :-)