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Using Custom Masterpage in _layouts directory

August 24th, 2009 by Matt

To use a custom or the default masterpage in custom aspx pages located in your _layouts directory use the following code in the code behind for the page.
N.B I didn’t declare any masterpage useage in the actual aspx file.

protected override void OnPreInit(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnPreInit(e);
    // Set the masterpage to the default.master.
    using (SPWeb webCurrent = SPControl.GetContextSite(Context).OpenWeb())
    {
        string strUrl = webCurrent.ServerRelativeUrl + "/_catalogs/masterpage/default.master";
        // custom.master is your same default or main master page 
        // being used for main portal pages. Change that path according to your need
        this.MasterPageFile = strUrl;
    } 
}

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One Response

Sandeep
October 30th, 2009 at 3:07 am

I am getting access denied page for non admin user after using this method.

I also tried runwithelevatedprivilages method but no luck

any suggestions

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