Question

I am trying to pass a value between two pages. However on my target page, the value is not found.

My source page includes the following code.

 Public ReadOnly Property SQLString() As String

Get
Return “SELECT * FROM City”
End Get
End Property

On my target aspx page I have included the following directive:

<%@ PreviousPageType VirtualPath="~/tools/SearchResults.aspx"%> 

In the target page code behind I have included the following in the page load:

 Me.Master.Page.PreviousPage.SQLString

However, Visual studio complains that, SQLString is not a member of System.Web.Ui.page.

I must note I am useing master pages, and vaguely recall this causing an issue when accomplishing this in the past. Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to cast the page to whatever type it actually is.

CType(Me.Master.Page.PreviousPage, ActualPageType).SqlString

In the code behind of your source page you will have a class declaration like the following:

Public Class ActualPageType 
    Inherits Page