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hi,
sorry for re-posting but it's a simple question and ought to have a very
simple solution; I am trying to use Findcontrol to grab a Button control
within a Formview control:

<form ID="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Breyta" CommandName="Ed it"/>
...

This is what won't work:
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.FindC ontrol("Button1 ");
Nov 19 '05 #1
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Being too lazy to load up VWD, try using:
FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1")

In a repeater, you'd have multiple "Button1"'s and would need to look at
repeater.Items[i].FindControl

FormViews are the same..though there's only 1 row...so it's exposed as Row
(if I remember correctly).

Karl

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"Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
hi,
sorry for re-posting but it's a simple question and ought to have a very
simple solution; I am trying to use Findcontrol to grab a Button control
within a Formview control:

<form ID="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Breyta" CommandName="Ed it"/> ...

This is what won't work:
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.FindC ontrol("Button1 ");

Nov 19 '05 #2
thx Karl, tried that and bloody error "Object reference not set to an
instance of an object."
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1");
"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
wrote in message news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
Being too lazy to load up VWD, try using:
FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1")

In a repeater, you'd have multiple "Button1"'s and would need to look at
repeater.Items[i].FindControl

FormViews are the same..though there's only 1 row...so it's exposed as Row
(if I remember correctly).

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
hi,
sorry for re-posting but it's a simple question and ought to have a very
simple solution; I am trying to use Findcontrol to grab a Button control
within a Formview control:

<form ID="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Breyta"

CommandName="Ed it"/>
...

This is what won't work:
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.FindC ontrol("Button1 ");


Nov 19 '05 #3
i started it up and it worked fine for me...as you sure you are calling
DataBind on the FormView? Are you sure the datasource has an entry in it?

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
news:uu******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
thx Karl, tried that and bloody error "Object reference not set to an
instance of an object."
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1");
"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
wrote in message news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
Being too lazy to load up VWD, try using:
FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1")

In a repeater, you'd have multiple "Button1"'s and would need to look at
repeater.Items[i].FindControl

FormViews are the same..though there's only 1 row...so it's exposed as Row (if I remember correctly).

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
hi,
sorry for re-posting but it's a simple question and ought to have a very simple solution; I am trying to use Findcontrol to grab a Button control within a Formview control:

<form ID="Form1" runat="server">
<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" Runat="server">
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Breyta"

CommandName="Ed it"/>
...

This is what won't work:
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.FindC ontrol("Button1 ");



Nov 19 '05 #4
Databind() did it...
which I still don't understand! There was an entry in it without doing
databind, could it be that Databind is done later in the event flow?

"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
wrote in message news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..
i started it up and it worked fine for me...as you sure you are calling
DataBind on the FormView? Are you sure the datasource has an entry in it?

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
annoying)
http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
come!)
"Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
news:uu******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
thx Karl, tried that and bloody error "Object reference not set to an
instance of an object."
Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1");
"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
wrote in message news:O3******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...
> Being too lazy to load up VWD, try using:
> FormView1.Row.F indControl("But ton1")
>
> In a repeater, you'd have multiple "Button1"'s and would need to look
> at
> repeater.Items[i].FindControl
>
> FormViews are the same..though there's only 1 row...so it's exposed as Row > (if I remember correctly).
>
> Karl
>
> --
> MY ASP.Net tutorials
> http://www.openmymind.net/ - New and Improved (yes, the popup is
> annoying)
> http://www.openmymind.net/faq.aspx - unofficial newsgroup FAQ (more to
> come!)
> "Daves" <db****@simnet. is> wrote in message
> news:us******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...
>> hi,
>> sorry for re-posting but it's a simple question and ought to have a very >> simple solution; I am trying to use Findcontrol to grab a Button control >> within a Formview control:
>>
>> <form ID="Form1" runat="server">
>> <asp:FormView ID="FormView1" Runat="server">
>> <ItemTemplate >
>> <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Breyta"
> CommandName="Ed it"/>
>> ...
>>
>> This is what won't work:
>> Button Button1 = (Button) FormView1.FindC ontrol("Button1 ");
>>
>>
>
>



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