Generally one question is faced by very developer what is asp.net page life cycle every body know very well like sequence of asp.net page event like
- page_init
- Page_load
- Page_render
- Page_unload
it is fine for standalone pages but if a page have master page then what the page life cycle? confuse!!!
Below is the sequence of event of page events which contain master page with chronological order.
- Master page (Page_Init) event
- Content page (Page_Init) event
- Content page (Page_Load) event
- Master page (Page_Load) event
- Content page (Page_Prerender) event
- Master page (Page_Prerender) event
- Content page (Page_Prerendercomplete) event
- Master page (Page_Prerendercomplete) event
Remember one thing page life cycle of page contain master page all event fire like first master page event then content page event but in case of page load event first content page load event fire then master page event fire. so that’s all from my side
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Accessing Members on the Master Page
To provide access to members of the master page, the Page class exposes a Master property. To access members of a specific master page from a content page, you can create a strongly typed reference to the master page by creating a @ MasterType directive. The directive allows you to point to a specific master page. When the page creates its Master property, the property is typed to the referenced master page.
For example, you might have a master page named MasterPage.master that is the class name MasterPage_master. You might create @ Page and @ MasterType directives that look like the following:
<%@ Page masterPageFile="~/MasterPage.master"%>
<%@ MasterType virtualPath="~/MasterPage.master"%>
When you use a @ MasterType directive, such as the one in the example, you can reference members on the master page as in the following example:
CompanyName.Text = Master.CompanyName;
From:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c8y19k6h%28v=vs.80%29.aspx#Y0