Empty String when accessing DataGrid TextBox

[Tetet B via .NET 247]

I'm using VB.Net and trying to retrieve the data in the textboxcell of a datagrid after a successful display (used Databind).User can either display data or enter data in the textbox. I canalways get the textbox object using either the Controls orFindControl method but it's always returning an empty *.Textinstead of the value displayed on the screen. Below are snippetsof my code - anybody there who can help me PLEASE?

=====*.vb

<edit mode turned on>

For i = 0 To mhRcptIndex - 1
srcLotNumber =Trim(UCase(CType(RcptLotInfoGrid.Items(i).Cells(1 ).Controls(1),TextBox).Text)) ==> empty string

or

srcLotNumber =Trim(UCase(CType(RcptLotInfoGrid.Items(i).Cells(1 ).FindControl("txtInvLotNumber"), TextBox).Text)) ==> empty string

=====*.aspx

<asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="LOT NUMBER">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox id="lblInvLotNumber" runat="server" Text='<%#DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "InvLotNumber") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox id="txtInvLotNumber" runat="server"CssClass="Input" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem,"InvLotNumber") %>'>
</asp:TextBox>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

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From: Tetet B

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