Question

I want to set the masterpage dynamically, But currently I have a base page with Page_PreInit that initializes/performs varioustasks needed for memberpages.

Now I know you could override the base page by putting (new protected void Page_OnInit(..)) in the member page but I don’t want to as said the base page has got its job to do.

"this.MasterPageFile ="

Is there any way to set the masterpage after or before the Page_PreInit?

Or utilize both Page PreInt and BasePage PreInt ?

Thanks

Answer 1

EDIT: Rereading your question, I see your problem:

public class BasePage : WebPage {
  protected void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e){
    //do stuff here
  }
}

public class MyPage : BasePage {
  protected void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e){
    //overwrites base class functionality
    //Pretty sure you can:
    base.Page_PreInit(sender,e);
  }
}

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Original answer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c8y19k6h.aspx#sectionToggle1

According to MSDN, you can assign it during Page_PreInit.

Is there a reason to do it before or after Page_PreInit? I’m not entirely sure anything useful comes before pre-init in the page life-cycle anyways.

_{(source: microsoft.com)}

There isn’t an earlier hook, except the page constructor, if you could do it there. But you wouldn’t have access to any of the page values yet.