I have a master page with two drop down lists.  After the user makes the two selections, State and City, they select one of two links taking them to one of two pages that use this master page.  Is there a way to pass and display both selected values to the content page in its page load?   

I have delcared them Public in the master page as shown below:

public string StateAbbrev
    {   get
      {   return DropDownList1.SelectedValue; }
    }
public string CityName
    {   get
      {   return DropDownList2.SelectedValue; }
    }

How do I call these two master page string values in the content page? I tried to understand the info on Content.Handler but I am lost.  I know the below is way off but it is my starting point:

ResultsOne.apsx Page Load:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

TextBox7.Text = Convert.ToString(CityName);
TextBox8.Text = Convert.ToString(StateAbbrev);

Thank you,

If you're compiling dynamically, you'll need to use the MasterType directive to programatically access the master page. Otherwise, you should be able to access them by the class name of the master page. Also, you need to make those properties static.

Thank you for the reply.  I will give that a try - ( forgot how to make a static property for a minute )

You need to mark StateAbbrev as public. Leaving it as-is will defaut it to private.

I thought I knew what I was doing. What am I doing wrong here? 

CS0118: 'TemplateMP.DropDownList1' is a 'field' but is used like a 'type' 

Line 36:     public static string StateAbbrev
Line 37:     {   get
Line 38:     { string StateName = new DropDownList1.SelectedValue(); }
Line 39:     }

I understand what is being said but not what to do about it.

SelectedValue is a property.

public static string StateAbbrev
{
     get { return DropDownList1.SelectedValue; }
}

Still getting the same error:

Compiler Error Message: CS0120: An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'TemplateMP.DropDownList1'

Source Error:

Line 36:     public static string StateAbbrev
Line 37:     {
Line 38:         get { return DropDownList1.SelectedValue; }
Line 39:     }
Line 40: 

I am going to try the MasterType suggestion you made as I looks to be a more robust and permanent solution for me.

Thank you