Can I use the same content page with two different main pages?

Question

I have an asp.net content page that is used inside the main page (with a title, menu, and some links). I would like to use it in a different context without a main page (so as not to display the title and menu there) or with an empty main page, if possible. I do not want to violate the DRY principle by taking the entire page and creating a separate clone of this for obvious reasons. Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, you can set the home page dynamically on Page_PreInit content pages:

private void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.MasterPageFile = "MyMasterPage.master" } 

Set some logic to dynamically choose which file name of the main page to go through, and now you share one page of content with many main pages.

Answer 2

How to exchange shared content in user control ?

A user control is a kind of composite that works just like an ASP.NET Web page - you can add existing Web server management and markup to user control and define properties and control methods. You can then embed them in ASP.NET web pages, where they act as a whole.