Building a Better ASP.NET 1.1 BasePage Framework

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using HtmlUI = System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using WebCtlUI = System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using WebUI = System.Web.UI;

namespace BasePageFramework
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for MasterServerForm.
	/// </summary>
	public class BaseServerForm : HtmlUI.HtmlForm
	{
		
		private WebCtlUI.PlaceHolder _uiTemplatePlcHldr = new WebCtlUI.PlaceHolder();
		
		internal BaseServerForm(HtmlUI.HtmlForm oldFrm,IBaseTemplate uiTemplate)
		{
			foreach(string key in oldFrm.Attributes.Keys)
				this.Attributes.Add(key,oldFrm.Attributes[key]);

			System.Type frmTp = oldFrm.GetType();
			
			//move the controls first - so they are located in the main form before we
			//rip apart the htmlform via reflection
			while(oldFrm.Controls.Count > 0)
				uiTemplate.ContentArea.Controls.Add((System.Web.UI.Control)oldFrm.Controls[0]);

			//copy the old form's values into our new form...
			foreach(FieldInfo fields in frmTp.GetFields(BindingFlags.Public | 
				BindingFlags.NonPublic | 
				BindingFlags.Instance))
				this.GetType().GetField(fields.Name,
					BindingFlags.Public | 
					BindingFlags.NonPublic | 
					BindingFlags.Instance).SetValue(this,fields.GetValue(oldFrm));
			
			this._uiTemplatePlcHldr.Controls.Add((System.Web.UI.Control)uiTemplate);
			this.Controls.Add((System.Web.UI.Control)this._uiTemplatePlcHldr);
		
		}
		
		public IBaseTemplate BaseTemplate
		{
			get
			{
				return (IBaseTemplate)_uiTemplatePlcHldr.Controls[0];
			}
		}
	}
	
	


}