Retrieving GridView.Rows[x].Cells[y].text when cell ReadOnly isturned off

[S_K]

Hi,

I have an editible GridView that I can read the contents of each cell
of the edit row as follows:

int iEditIndex = GridView2.EditI ndex;
string strName = GridView2.Rows[iEditIndex].Cells[2].Text;

This works fine with the HTML of the cell set up as follows (note the
readonly="True" ):

<asp:BoundFie ld DataField="NET_ COMPONENT_NAME"
HeaderText="NET _COMPONENT_NAME " readonly="True"
SortExpression= "NET_COMPONENT_ NAME" />

However, if I remove the (readonly="True ") in the HTML code I just get
"" (empty string) when I try to read the contents of that cell?!

How can I retrieve the contents of a cell when the cell is designated
as NOT readonly? This is important for editing.

Thanks in advance for your help.