How to apply masterpage to existing page?

[onechuck]

Is there a simple way to apply the master page to a bunch of files at once? I was watching a video tutorial and it seemed that I have to manually delete the existing code and type in the new master page name. I was hoping for a simpler way than that. Your help is grateful.

By the way, I'm using Visual Web Developer Express.

 

[TipGiver]

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="path_to_master_page.master" ... %>

<asp:Content ID = "Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID = "ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat = "Server">

' The XML code in here.

</asp:Content>

 

[onechuck]

Thanks for the response. But I already know that. If you read my questions again, I want to apply this to a bunch of files at once and not one by one.

 

[robertfah]

I don't think there's a way of applying a master page to a 'set' of pages. The only way you could do it would be to create a program that opens each page, looks for the header:

<%@ Page Language="VB" ....%>

and replaces that with

<%@ Page Language="VB" MasterPageFile="path_to_master_page.master" ... %>

That's the quick way I know.

 

[onechuck]

Thanks! I kinda think that way too.

 

[TipGiver]

Maybe you could define that master page in the web.config

 

[onechuck]

Ha, that's an idea. How do I do that and will it automatically apply to all my of existing files that are not using the master page?

 

[ca8msm]

Type "Master Pages" into MSDN and all will become clear with the first result...


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[TipGiver]

Can be defined in web.config at any folder level and dictate the masterpagefile to be applied to ASPX pages that contain <asp:content> controls

<system.web>
<pages masterPageFile="masterpage.master" />
</system.web

 

[onechuck]

Thanks! I'll give that a try.