Question

Say I have this repeater which makes use of a public function called Test in the code-behind.

<asp:Repeater  ID="Repeater1" runat="server">
<HeaderTemplate>
  <table>
</HeaderTemplate>

<ItemTemplate>
  <tr>
     <td><%# Eval("MyCol1")%></td>
     <td><%# Eval("MyCol2")%></td>
     <td><%# Test((int)Eval("MyCol1"))%></td>
  </tr>
</ItemTemplate>

<FooterTemplate>
  </table>
</FooterTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

In my code-behind, I have this function

public string Test (int Value)
{
   return "Test"+Value.ToString();
}

This works fine but in my website I will have similar repeaters on various pages and most of them will need to call the Test function. Instead of having it in the code-behind of each web page would it be possible to put it in a public static class and call it directly from the repeater? Something like this (which does not work):

<td><%# MyStaticClass.Test((int)Eval("MyCol1"))%></td>

The only solution I’ve come up with would be to change the function in the code-behind to:

public string Test (int Value)
{
   return MyStaticClass.Test(Value);
}

But it would be neater if I didn’t have to put any code in the code-behind of each webpage (ie I would prefer the repeater to call the static function directly).

Any ideas or suggestions?

Answer 1

Create a Base class for your pages and put your common function there. So it will be available for all inherited child pages.