C#: Accessing Labels In Gridview

[damnBoi]

Good day guys!

I'm using c# as my code-behind (ascx.cs) and my environment is Visual Studio 2008.

the issue is, i can't get to access labels inside the gridview..

my gridview definition is:

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 <asp:GridView ID="commentsGrid" runat="server" DataSourceID="sqlDS" 
    Width="810px" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Font-Names="Tahoma" 
    Font-Size="X-Small" BorderStyle="None" GridLines="None" ShowHeader=False 
    onrowdatabound="commentsGrid_RowDataBound" Visible="False" >
        <Columns>
            <asp:TemplateField>
               <ItemTemplate>
                    <asp:Label ID="user" runat="server" Text=<%# Eval("User") %>> </asp:Label>
                    <br />
                    <asp:Label ID="regDate" runat="server" Text=<%# String.Format("{0:dd-MMMM-yy}", Eval("REGDATE"))%> > </asp:Label>
                    <br />
                    <asp:Label ID="regTime" runat="server" Text=<%# String.Format("{0:HH:mm:ss}", Eval("REGTIME"))%>> </asp:Label>
                    <br />
                    <asp:Label ID="regUser" runat="server" Text=<%# Eval("REGISTER_USER")%> Visible=true> </asp:Label>
                </ItemTemplate>
                <ControlStyle CssClass="styleu6"></ControlStyle>
            </asp:TemplateField>
            <asp:BoundField  DataField="MESSAGE" SortExpression="MESSAGE" ControlStyle-CssClass="styleu7" ShowHeader="False">
                <ControlStyle CssClass="styleu7"></ControlStyle>
            </asp:BoundField>
 
            <asp:CommandField ButtonType="Button" ShowDeleteButton="True" 
                ShowEditButton="True" />
 
        </Columns>
    </asp:GridView>
 
 

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::wherein the datasourceid is an sql object..

in my RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) method, I already tried using:


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((Label)e.Row.Cells[0].FindControl("message")).Text
((Label)e.Row[e.Row.RowIndex].FindControl("regUser")).Text

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but what i get is all NULL.

i'm really just a beginner in c# and so far i'm doing gud except for this issue.

please help!