I have the following Hierarchy:
MainMasterPage:
<%@ Master Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="MainAdmin.master.cs" Inherits="MyWebsite.Admin.MainAdmin" %><form id="form1" runat="server"><div id="MainMenu_Div" runat="server"><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainMenu" runat="server"/></div><div id="ContentArea_Div" runat="server"><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ContentArea" runat="server"/></div></form>
TemplateMasterPage:
<%@ Master Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Admin/MasterPages/MainAdmin.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="TemplateMasterPage.master.cs" Inherits="MyWebsite.Admin.TemplateMasterPage" %><asp:Content ID="ContentArea" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentArea" runat="server"><div id="InputControls_Div" runat="server"><asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="InputControls" runat="server" /><br /><asp:Button ID="Submit_Btn" runat="server" Text="Submit" onclick="Submit_Btn_Click" /></div><div id="AfterSubmission_Div" runat="server" visible="False"><asp:Button ID="AnotherBtn" runat="server" CssClass="linkLookingButton" onclick="AnotherBtn_Click" /></div></asp:Content>
TemplateMasterPage (Code Behind)
public partial class TemplateMasterPage : System.Web.UI.MasterPage{ public string BtnText { get { return AnotherBtn.Text; } //AnotherBtndoesn't exist in the current context set { AnotherBtn.Text = value; } //AnotherBtndoesn't exist in the current context } protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { } protected void Submit_Btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Submit_Btn.Enabled = false; //Submit_Btn doesn't exist in the current context InputControls_Div.Visible = false; //InputControls_Div doesn't exist in the current context AfterSubmission_Div.Visible = true; //AfterSubmission_Div doesn't exist in the current context }
I commented the errors in my Code Behind sample .. this is used to work before using Nested Master Pages!