Drop Down List inside a Datagrid

[Chris Kettenbach]

Good Morning,
Quick question, I have an EditItemTemplate inside a datagrid. It should
contain a drop down list of possible choices. I have an EditCommandColumn.
The drop dow list column should initially contain the value of the field.
This works fine with
<ItemTemplate><%# Container.DataItem("NameType")%></ItemTemplate>

The desired effect is for the drop down list to databind to a query to show
possible choices when the user clicks the edit link. I can not get a
reference to the drop down list when the user clicks edit. Does anyone know
how to do this?

I tried page.findcontrol("controlname") and it does not work. Any ideas? I
get a NullReference Error when I do this, because I guess the control does
not exist on the page.

Thanks to everyone,
Chris

[Phillip Williams]

Within the method that handles the datagrid EditCommand event you can get a
reference to the dropdown list by using the passed DataGridCommandEventArgs
as follows:
CType(e.Item.FindControl("controlname"), DropDownList)
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"Chris Kettenbach" wrote:

Good Morning,
Quick question, I have an EditItemTemplate inside a datagrid. It should
contain a drop down list of possible choices. I have an EditCommandColumn.
The drop dow list column should initially contain the value of the field.
This works fine with
<ItemTemplate><%# Container.DataItem("NameType")%></ItemTemplate>

The desired effect is for the drop down list to databind to a query to show
possible choices when the user clicks the edit link. I can not get a
reference to the drop down list when the user clicks edit. Does anyone know
how to do this?

I tried page.findcontrol("controlname") and it does not work. Any ideas? I
get a NullReference Error when I do this, because I guess the control does
not exist on the page.

Thanks to everyone,
Chris

[Chris Kettenbach]

No, that still didn't work. Any other suggestions?
I ended up with this

Sub DataGrid_Edit(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal E As
DataGridCommandEventArgs)

' turn on editing for the selected row

Dim ddl As DropDownList = CType(E.Item.FindControl("drpNameType"),
DropDownList)

If Not isEdit Then

dg1.EditItemIndex = E.Item.ItemIndex

BindGrid()

End If
End Sub

Using a breakpoint, I see ddl = Nothing. What am I doing wrong here? Thanks!

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
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Within the method that handles the datagrid EditCommand event you can get
a
reference to the dropdown list by using the passed
DataGridCommandEventArgs
as follows:
CType(e.Item.FindControl("controlname"), DropDownList)
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"Chris Kettenbach" wrote:

Good Morning,
Quick question, I have an EditItemTemplate inside a datagrid. It should
contain a drop down list of possible choices. I have an
EditCommandColumn.
The drop dow list column should initially contain the value of the field.
This works fine with
<ItemTemplate><%# Container.DataItem("NameType")%></ItemTemplate>

The desired effect is for the drop down list to databind to a query to
show
possible choices when the user clicks the edit link. I can not get a
reference to the drop down list when the user clicks edit. Does anyone
know
how to do this?

I tried page.findcontrol("controlname") and it does not work. Any ideas?
I
get a NullReference Error when I do this, because I guess the control
does
not exist on the page.

Thanks to everyone,
Chris

[Charlie]

In the edit command handler try... DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)
e.items.findcontrol("controlname")

Charlie
"Chris Kettenbach" <in**@piasd.net> wrote in message
news:n7********************@giganews.com...

Good Morning,
Quick question, I have an EditItemTemplate inside a datagrid. It should
contain a drop down list of possible choices. I have an
EditCommandColumn. The drop dow list column should initially contain the
value of the field. This works fine with
<ItemTemplate><%# Container.DataItem("NameType")%></ItemTemplate>

The desired effect is for the drop down list to databind to a query to
show possible choices when the user clicks the edit link. I can not get a
reference to the drop down list when the user clicks edit. Does anyone
know how to do this?

I tried page.findcontrol("controlname") and it does not work. Any ideas?
I get a NullReference Error when I do this, because I guess the control
does not exist on the page.

Thanks to everyone,
Chris

[Patrick.O.Ige]

Did that did the trick
Try going through this article at:-
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/050801-1.shtml
Hope that helps
Patrick

"Charlie@NISH" <cf*******@nish.org> wrote in message
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In the edit command handler try... DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)
e.items.findcontrol("controlname")

Charlie
"Chris Kettenbach" <in**@piasd.net> wrote in message
news:n7********************@giganews.com...

Good Morning,
Quick question, I have an EditItemTemplate inside a datagrid. It should
contain a drop down list of possible choices. I have an
EditCommandColumn. The drop dow list column should initially contain the
value of the field. This works fine with
<ItemTemplate><%# Container.DataItem("NameType")%></ItemTemplate>

The desired effect is for the drop down list to databind to a query to
show possible choices when the user clicks the edit link. I can not get a reference to the drop down list when the user clicks edit. Does anyone
know how to do this?

I tried page.findcontrol("controlname") and it does not work. Any ideas? I get a NullReference Error when I do this, because I guess the control
does not exist on the page.

Thanks to everyone,
Chris