Doesn't find grid control

[kimbred]

Can someone help? I have the code below in which I'm attempting to show or hide the edit control in a gridview based on the value of a column in that view. It doesn't seem to find the control. I've included the RowDataBound event as well as the gridview definition. Thanks in advance.

protected void gvEmployeesBenefits_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        TextBox EditFlg = (TextBox) e.Row.FindControl("txtEditflg");
        if (EditFlg.Text == "1")
        {
            LinkButton MyLinkButton = (LinkButton)e.Row.FindControl("lnkEdit");
            MyLinkButton.Visible = true;
        }
        else
        {
            LinkButton MyLinkButton = (LinkButton)e.Row.FindControl("lnkEdit");
            MyLinkButton.Visible = false;
        }
 
    }

<asp:GridView ID="gvEmployeesBenefits" runat="server" DataSourceID="Benefits" Style="z-index: 100;
    left: 0px; top: 0px" AutoGenerateColumns="False" BackColor="White" 
    BorderColor="#E7E7FF" BorderStyle="None" BorderWidth="1px" CellPadding="3" 
    GridLines="Horizontal" onrowdatabound="gvEmployeesBenefits_RowDataBound" 
    CellSpacing="3" HorizontalAlign="Justify">
    <RowStyle BackColor="#E7E7FF" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" />
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
            <EditItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" CausesValidation="True" 
                    CommandName="Update" Text="Update"></asp:LinkButton>
                &nbsp;<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton2" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" 
                    CommandName="Cancel" Text="Cancel"></asp:LinkButton>
            </EditItemTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:LinkButton ID="lnkEdit" runat="server" CausesValidation="False" 
                    CommandName="Edit" Text="Edit"></asp:LinkButton>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BGAN8" HeaderText="Emp#" 
            ReadOnly="True" Visible="False" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BGPLAN" HeaderText="Plan" ReadOnly="True" 
            Visible="False" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BGAOPT" HeaderText="Option" ReadOnly="True" 
            Visible="False" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BAEXA" HeaderText="Plan Description" 
            ReadOnly="True" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BGEFT" HeaderText="Enrollment Date" 
            ReadOnly="True" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BAFDBA" HeaderText="BAFDBA" ReadOnly="True" 
            Visible="False" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="BASDBA" HeaderText="BASDBA" ReadOnly="True" 
            Visible="False" />
        <asp:BoundField AccessibleHeaderText="RT" DataField="RT" 
            DataFormatString="{0:N2}" HeaderText="RT" />
        <asp:BoundField DataField="YTD" DataFormatString="{0:N2}" HeaderText="YTD" 
            ReadOnly="True" />
        <asp:HyperLinkField HeaderText="Website" DataNavigateUrlFields="Website" 
            DataTextField="Website" Target="_blank" 
           />
        <asp:HyperLinkField 
            HeaderText="Forms" Target="_blank" Text='<% Eval("Forms") %>' />
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="EditFlg">
            <EditItemTemplate>
                <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Editflg") %>'></asp:TextBox>
            </EditItemTemplate>
            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="txtEditFlg" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Editflg") %>'></asp:Label>
            </ItemTemplate>
        </asp:TemplateField>
    </Columns>
    <FooterStyle BackColor="#B5C7DE" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" />
    <PagerStyle BackColor="#E7E7FF" ForeColor="#4A3C8C" HorizontalAlign="Right" />
    <SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#738A9C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#F7F7F7" />
    <HeaderStyle BackColor="#4A3C8C" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#F7F7F7" />
    <EditRowStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" VerticalAlign="Middle" Wrap="False" />
    <AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#F7F7F7" />
</asp:GridView>

[shiznit770]

@kimbred
Not sure if this is it, but you declared your variable of type TextBox when the control you're finding is a Label

[kimbred]

That was it. Thanks. Not sure the Row Data Bound event is the correct place to put this though. When I select the edit link on the row, all rows magically get the edit link. Thanks again.

[shiznit770]

This is probably what you want (in the rowdatabound event)

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
    If e.Row.DataItem("Editflg") = "1" Then
         e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Edit
    Else
         e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Normal
    End If
End If
 

Using the c# equivalent ofcourse.