[Mono-bugs] [Bug 82447][Wis] New - MasterPages / No exception thrown when using an invalid ContentPlaceHolderID attribute

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Changed by raterus at gmail.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=82447

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+Bug#: 82447
+Product: Mono: Class Libraries
+Version: 1.2
+OS: All
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: Sys.Web
+AssignedTo: mhabersack at novell.com                            
+ReportedBy: raterus at gmail.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: MasterPages / No exception thrown when using an invalid ContentPlaceHolderID attribute
+
+Description of Problem:
+
+When implementing a masterpage in a regular .aspx page, when you use a
+<asp:content ... > tag, and supply a invalid ContentPlaceholderID
+attribute, that is you supply an ID that is not used in the MasterPage,
+Mono will silently ignore this inconsistency, leaving your page to "maybe"
+throw "Object Reference not set to an instance..." exceptions, which are
+very difficult to figure out if you do not know what is going on.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1.  Create an Asp.net MasterPage
+2.  Use the ASP.net MasterPage in an .aspx page
+3.  Set up an <asp:Content section, however, either misspell or change the
+casing of the underlying ContentPlaceHolderID.
+4.  Add a control, e.g. <asp:textbox ... > in the <asp:Content section you
+have made
+5.  In Page_Load (or somewhere else in code), make a quick test call to the
+<asp:textbox ... >, e.g. myTextBox.Text = "Testing"
+
+
+Actual Results:
+You will get an "Object Reference not set to an instance of an object", on
+your textbox call, however you will not be adequately warned that your
+MasterPage is set up incorrectly.
+
+Expected Results:
+Microsoft's framework will throw a "Cannot find ContentPlaceHolder '...' in
+the master page '...', verify content control's ContentPlaceHolderID
+attribute in the content page."
+
+How often does this happen? 
+Always, from what I can see
+
+Additional Information:
+It's a very easy fix, once you understand what is going on, however, the
+errors you get don't lead you to the problem.