Problem on inheriting from web form

Hi everybody,

I have made a web form class which I want to use as a base class for all data entry web forms. Following is the structure of the web form:

VB Code:

Public Class WFrmEnt
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    Protected WithEvents nLast As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nNext As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nPrev As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nCancel As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nSave As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nMessage As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label
    Protected WithEvents nDelete As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nModify As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nAdd As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nPrint As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nFilter As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nFirst As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nRemoveFilter As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
 
    Private Sub nFirst_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles 
 
nFirst.Click
        Navigate(CNavAction.First)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub nPrev_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles nPrev.Click
        Navigate(CNavAction.Prev)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub nNext_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles nNext.Click
        Navigate(CNavAction.Next)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub nLast_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.ImageClickEventArgs) Handles nLast.Click
        Navigate(CNavAction.Last)
    End Sub
 
    Protected Overrides Sub Render(ByVal writer As System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter)
        MyBase.Render(writer)
    End Sub
 
End Class

For making a data entry web form, I first add a new web form and place all the required controls on it including nAdd, nModify, nDelete, nFirst, nNext, nPrev, etc. After that, in the code behind page, I change the clause "Inherits System.Web.UI.Page" to "Inherits WFrmEnt". Everything works fine.
But my problem is that when I go to the designer screen of the web form, it inserts the declarations for the variables of the controls that are inherited from the base web form. It inserts the following code:

VB Code:

Protected WithEvents nLast As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nNext As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nPrev As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nCancel As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nSave As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nMessage As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label
    Protected WithEvents nDelete As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nModify As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nAdd As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nPrint As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nFilter As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button
    Protected WithEvents nFirst As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ImageButton
    Protected WithEvents nRemoveFilter As System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button

However, this is not desirable because these declarations are already present in the base web form class. Is there a way to avoid this automatic insertion of undesired code?

Am I using the right technique of programming?

Does anybody inherit from web forms, or am I the only one doing it? Please somebody answer!

There is no way to avoid it other than DO NOT ENTER DESIGN MODE. I exclusively use the HTML designer tab - and rarely if ever hit the Designer.

In ASP.NET 2.0 & VS2005 you will no longer have this problem. All the 'Generated Code' goes away and the designer does not try to format your code for you anymore.

Well, when VS 2005 comes out he can use templates instead - but the fact is its not due out until late fall.

Thanks a lot Nemaroller & RDove! What are templates?