Reference a MasterPage property

Question

I have a master page with the following code:

public partial class MasterPage : System.Web.UI.MasterPage
{
    public SqlConnection cnx;
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
 
    }
}

How do I reference the public SqlConnection cnx property from an aspx.cs file that uses this master page?

Answer 1

In your master page:

    public SqlConnection CnxInMasterPage
    {
        get { return this.cnx; }
    }

In Content page (first add using so you can reference 'MasterPage' type)

var cnx = ((MasterPage)Master).CnxInMasterPage;