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Calling inline (ascx) methods from codebehind file using partial classes

I'm using .net 2.0. I'd like to place one of my C# methods in an inline server script block inside my ascx file because I need to update it a lot while designing. This way I don't have to compile my large project everytime.

I would like to call the method from inside my code behind file. I use to do this by inserting a virtual stub method in the codebehind file and overriding it in the ascx file. Now, since I've started using partial classes, I was expecting to be able to just call the method directly. Is this not possible?

Thanks

Solution

  • Unfortunately, I don't think this is possible. At design time, the partial class (*.designer.cs) mainly contains just your controls. The class that actually contains code from the script block is also generated by ASP.NET but it inherits from your main class.

    See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178138.aspx for more info.