How loop datalist to retrieve textbox value?

[VB Programmer]

I have a datalist for a shopping cart summary. Each data "row" has a text
box where they can enter a quantity. How do I loop thru the entire datalist
to figure out the total shopping cart price?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

foreach (DataListItem item in myDataList.Items)
{
myTextBox = item.FindControl ("textboxId");
}

Note, that the textbox in the item template should have runat="server".

Eliyahu

"VB Programmer" <do**@emailme.com> wrote in message
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I have a datalist for a shopping cart summary. Each data "row" has a text
box where they can enter a quantity. How do I loop thru the entire datalist to figure out the total shopping cart price?

[VB Programmer]

I tried looping thru the datalist like this:

For Each i As DataListItem In Me.DataList1.Items
Dim CartId As Label = CType(i.FindControl("Label1"), Label)
Dim Qty As TextBox = CType(i.FindControl("txtQty"), TextBox)
Response.Write(CartId.Text & ":" & Qty.Text & "<br>")
Next

Qty gets filled properly. But, CartId ALWAYS comes up blank even though I
visually can see that there's a .text value. Any ideas why?

Thanks.

"Eliyahu Goldin" <re*************@monarchmed.com> wrote in message
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foreach (DataListItem item in myDataList.Items)
{
myTextBox = item.FindControl ("textboxId");
}

Note, that the textbox in the item template should have runat="server".

Eliyahu

"VB Programmer" <do**@emailme.com> wrote in message
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I have a datalist for a shopping cart summary. Each data "row" has a
text
box where they can enter a quantity. How do I loop thru the entire

datalist

to figure out the total shopping cart price?