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Trying to access MasterPage label from Child Codebehind
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11/05/2021 13:57:16
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Web forms
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01680311
Message ID:
01680324
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23
>Hi all
>
>Got a web application that has a Master Page with a label for the Child Page (lblTitle) on it. I'd like to set the lblTitle text from the child pages.
>
>Master ASP
>
>      <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="MainContent" runat="server">
>        <div>
>          <br />
>          <asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text="" Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="X-Large" ></asp:Label>
>          <br />
>        </div>
>      </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
>
>
>Master code behind
>
>  public string SetMasterTitle
>  {
>    get { return this.lblTitle.Text; }
>    set { this.lblTitle.Text = value; }
>  }
>
>
>Chile Code behind (trying to set lblTitle.text)
>
>      MasterPage master = this.Master;
>      if(master != null)
>        this.Master.SetMasterTitle = "Transfer - No Offense Report";
>
>
>I keep getting the error
>: 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object.'
>
>lblTitle was null.
>
>So, where am I going wrong?

Just a guess. I think you need to be USING ... Master Page in the Child page.
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