How do you cast from Page.Master to a specific master page in ASP.NET

Question

I have a BasePage which inherits from System.Web.UI.Page, and every page that inherits the BasePage will have the same master page.

How do I cast the Page.Master of the BasePage to the specific master page so I can access properties on it?

Answer 1

A better way is to add the MasterType property to the pages that use that master. Then you can simply access the master page properties through the page object.

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

You just use this in your code:

this.Master.propertyName

To access the property of the master page for the current page.