Setting FormView Text and Calendar data from code-behind page

[DotNetNubie66]

I have a Master page that wraps my content pages, on one page I have a FormView that is tied to an ObjectDataSource and has textbox and calendar controls bound to the datasource. My problem is this, there are times when I would like to set the control values when the page initially loads. I've tried this in the Page_Load function for the code-behind for this page:

FormView1.Expire_DateCalendar.SelectedDate = DateTime.Today.AddYears(+100);

But I get the following error message:

'System.Web.UI.WebControls.FormView' does not contain a definition for 'Expire_DateCalendar'

I've also tried adding ItemTemplate or InsertItemTemplate after FormView1 and doesn't seem to work either. I am new to ASP.NET using C#. Any help given would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance, DotNetNubie66

[DotNetNubie66]

Can anyone tell me the best way to handle NULL values for a Calendar control on a formview used to insert?

Thanks.

[kenobewan]

Sounds like you dont want todays date as a default date, but you can select a date in the 1800 and not write. From memory I have used two different sp_ or checked for null value and not written calendar value, assuming you have allowed nulls in db. HTH.