Question

In my Site.Master.vb file, I have a custom User object:

Public Class Site
    Inherits System.Web.UI.MasterPage

    Public Property u as User

    Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender as Object, ByVal e as System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        u = New User

        u.loggedIn = True 'Just as an example
End Class

Now in one of the content pages, I want to be able to see if a user is logged in. I figured if the object u was declared in the Site Master, I could use it in the pages that derive from the Site Master. For example, I want to do:

...
<% If u.loggedIn Then %>
    <!-- display some HTML button here, ONLY if the user is logged in -->
<% Else %>
    <!-- display something else, if the user is logged out -->
 <% End If %>

Is there some other method that allows this to be possible?

Answer 1

Get a reference of the Page.Master – you will need to cast it to the type of the master page in order to access the custom property.

You can do this in a property of your own page for ease of use.