Derived Page class

Question

I have a standard class that derives from System.Web.UI.Page, and all my ASP.NET pages derive from this. My class includes an exposed property Entity (of type 'RVEntity' which I have also built) : eg public class RVPage : System.Web.UI.Page { private RVEntity _rvEntity=new RVEntity(); public RVEntity Entity { get { return _rvEntity;} } ...... } My pages (code behind): public class MyPage: RVPage { ....... } So on any page I can get a reference to the Entity object. This works OK. My question relates to when I have user controls on the page, I would also like to get access to the Page's Entity object from within the Control. When I use the Page property of the Control it tells me that System.Web.UI.Page does not expose this property. I would have thought I'd have a reference to type RVPage. Any help appreciated, I'm a relative newbie to .NET.

Answer 1

Thanks for that - works well.

Answer 2

Yes, you have. But the Page property of user controls is declared as System.Web.UI.Page (of course, how could it know the name of your base class). All you need to do is cast it to appropriatetype. Just use following code on your control RVPage myPage = Page as RVPage; if (myPage != null) { // myPage.Entity is available here }