EditItemTemplate FindControls

[JJ]

Hi,

What I am trying to do is save the values from the ItemTemplate textboxs,
which I already do and when I go into Edit mode insert values into textboxs
in EditItemTemplate. Inserting values into EditItemTemplate is where I get
the "obj ref not set error". It happens because the event I use now which is
in the OnEditCOmmand for datagrid can't find the controls in
EditItemTemplate. So where should I put the FindControl statements in order
to have this work?

Thanks,

JJ

 

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

What I am trying to do is save the values from the ItemTemplate textboxs,

which I already do and when I go into Edit mode insert values into textboxs
in EditItemTemplate. Inserting values into EditItemTemplate is where I get
the "obj ref not set error". It happens because the event I use now which is
in the OnEditCOmmand for datagrid can't find the controls in
EditItemTemplate. So where should I put the FindControl statements in order
to have this work?

If I understand you correctly, you want to make sure that the values in
the ItemTemplate are in the TextBoxes in the EditItemTemplate, correct?

Don't do this programmatically, but rather declaratively. That is,
imagine in your ASPX page you have:

<asp:TemplateColumn>
<ItemTemplate>
<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Foo") %>
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
...
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateColumn>

In your TextBox in your EditItemTemplate set the Text property to <%#
DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Foo") %>, like:

<asp:TextBox runat='server' ... Text='<%#
DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "Foo") %>' ... />

hth