On my page_load, I am populating a Datagrid through the normal manner
(which works) before attempting to pick out the items in one column to
use in another part of my page. This is all within page_load.
Within my Datagrid I have an <ItemTemplate/> tag with a child
<asp:Label/> tag. The ID on the <asp:Label/> tag is set to
"lblDescription ".
I am using the following code to iterate over the DataGrid control and
pick out the descriptions I am after: This is being called AFTER the
DataBind method has been called on the DataGrid:
string productList = "";
for (int i=0; i < dataList.Items. Count; i++)
{
Label desc = (Label) dataList.Items[i].FindControl("l blDescription") ;
productList = desc.Text + ", ";
}
return productList;
However, FindControl does not seem to find the control I am after. It
always returns null.
I have used the exact same method on another page with the only
difference being I am searching for a TextBox and that works fine.
I noticed (viewing source) that on the other page that works, the id
of the text box control is rendered as an <input/> tag with the name
attribute set to "dataList:_ctl2 :txtQuantity".
The page where I want to retrieve the label, the Label control is
being rendered as a <span/> with an "id" attribute with the value
"dataList__ctl2 _lblDescription " - there is no "name" attr.
Can anyone help me. I would be most grateful if any guru out there can
shed any light on my problem.
Thanking you most kindly
Mike
