I have been following this method for passing common data to the site.master. However, this does require specific casting of the ViewData and I don't like using string identifiers everywhere. Is this the best way to do it or is there another way?
http://www.asp.net/learn/MVC/tutorial-13-cs.aspx
Thanks
You could create a base class that all your models inherit from:
class MasterModel {
// common info, used in master page.
}
class Page1Model : MasterModel {
// page 1 model
}
Then your master page would inherit from ViewMasterPage<MasterModel> and your Page1.aspx would inherit from ViewPage<Page1Model> and set Site.master as its master page.
As I struggled a bit, here is my contribution :
class ModelBase {
// common info, used in master page.
}
class Page1Model : ModelBase {
// page 1 model
}
public class ControllerBase : Controller
{
protected override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
{
var model = ViewData.Model as ModelBase;
// set common data here
base.OnActionExecuted(filterContext);
}
}
