Find Controls in Code

[Paul Cheetham]

Hi,

I have a project where I need to find a control on a page in code.
I read a control ID name from a database, and then need to find it on
the page so that I can change some properties. (I'm doing it in
Page_Load or Page_LoadComplete)

I have used Controls.GetEnumerator, and enumerated through the controls
of the page.
Because my page is based on a master page, the only control it finds
appears to be the master page!
I then tried enumerating through the controls of the master page, but
only found a few controls that must have been generated by the master.


Has anybody done this sort of thing before so they can point me in the
right direction?
I'm sure it must be possible, but I'm missing something somewhere.


I'm using c# in .Net 2


Thankyou.

Paul

 

[Mark Rae]

Has anybody done this sort of thing before so they can point me in the
right direction?

((TextBox)this.FindControl(".........")).Text = ".....";

 

[Paul Cheetham]

Thanks Mark.

That got me going in the right direction.
Unfortunately, because I use Master Pages, it isn't quite as simple as
that, but I found the solution here:

http://www.west-wind.com/WebLog/posts/5127.aspx



Paul