won't find buttonfield?

[JLC]

For some reason I am getting this error.

Cannot convert type 'System.Web.UI.Control' to 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.ButtonField'


Here is my code for my .aspx file

  <asp:ButtonField ItemStyle-Wrap="false" ButtonType="Link" HeaderText="Status" DataTextField="clusterStatusName" CommandName="update" />

and here is the code in my aspx.cs file where it is choking.

clusterStatusLink = (ButtonField)GridView1.Rows[j].FindControl(ColumnClusterStatusName);

I want to find thi control, the buttonfield, and change the color of it. When I had this as a label I was able to get it to work no problem, but when I change it to a buttonfield, I get that error and not sure how to fix it.

can anyone lend a hand?

Thanks!

[maheshmrk22]

Hi,

I think problem is in typecasting. When you try to typecast control in codebehind then you should prefix the namespace.

Instead of

clusterStatusLink = (ButtonField)GridView1.Rows[j].FindControl(ColumnClusterStatusName);



try this one.

clusterStatusLink = (System.Web.UI.WebControls.ButtonField)GridView1.R ows[j].FindControl(ColumnClusterStatusName);


Thanks

Mahesh.

For some reason I am getting this error.

Cannot convert type 'System.Web.UI.Control' to 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.ButtonField'


Here is my code for my .aspx file

  <asp:ButtonField ItemStyle-Wrap="false" ButtonType="Link" HeaderText="Status" DataTextField="clusterStatusName" CommandName="update" />

and here is the code in my aspx.cs file where it is choking.

clusterStatusLink = (ButtonField)GridView1.Rows[j].FindControl(ColumnClusterStatusName);

I want to find thi control, the buttonfield, and change the color of it. When I had this as a label I was able to get it to work no problem, but when I change it to a buttonfield, I get that error and not sure how to fix it.

can anyone lend a hand?

Thanks!