Directives for Asp.Net Web Pages

Directives
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Directives are used to specify the settings used by the page or usercontrol compilers to process pages or usercontrol files

There are 11 types of directives

1.@Page: This is used to define page specific attributes. It is used only in .aspx files

2.@Control: This is used to define Control specific attributes. It is used only in .ascx files

3.@Master: This is used to define masterpage specific attribute. It is used only in .master files

4.@Import: This is used to import a namespace in to the current page or usercontrol

5.@Register: This is used to render usercontrols and custom server controls in to a current page or usercontrol

6.@Assembly:: This is used to link a page or usercontrol in to current page or usercontrol

8.@Implements: This is used to implement a specific .Net framework Interface in to current page or
usercontrol

9.@Outputcache: This is used to apply cache techniques in to the current page or usercontrol

10.@MasterType: This defines a class or virtual path used to type the master property of a page

11.@Previouspagetype: This is used to create a strongly typed reference to the source page from the target of a cross page posting.