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Changing Master Page at Runtime
Changing Master Page at Runtime by User Code.
Introduction
Some times we have to change MasterPage of a Page at runtime by user code below is the trick for changing master page at runtimeThere is a Event <CODE>Page_PreInit who will be executing just before the page render. We have to do code in this event like below
protected void Page_PreInit(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (Membership.GetUser() == null) //check the user weather user is logged in or not
this.Page.MasterPageFile = "~/General.master";
else
this.Page.MasterPageFile = "~/myMaster.master";
}
we can change the content of master page from inherited page too like below <CODE>Master.FindControl("nameLbl").Visible = true;