Value from ItemTemplate?

[Vishal]

Hello,

This should be simple question. I thought I could solve it
by my own, but unfortunaly I am not able. I have a
datagrid with several asp:TemplateColumn's. In that
template I have the <ItemTemplate> and the
<EditItemTemplate> template. Now I would like to retrieve
the value of the <ItemTemplate>. The template looks like
this:



<ItemTemplate>

<asp:Label text='<%# Container.DataItem("Banned") %>'
Runat="server" ID="lblBanned"></asp:Label>

</ItemTemplate>




However when I call my code then I get this error message:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
In this line -> If lblBanned.Text = "True" Then



Sub dgUsers_ItemDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e
As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs)

If (e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.EditItem) Then

Dim lblBanned As Label = CType(e.Item.Cells
(11).FindControl("lblBanned"), Label)



If lblBanned.Text = "True" Then

....




Where is my fault?

 

[Scott Mitchell [MVP]]

This should be simple question. I thought I could solve it
by my own, but unfortunaly I am not able. I have a
datagrid with several asp:TemplateColumn's. In that
template I have the <ItemTemplate> and the
<EditItemTemplate> template. Now I would like to retrieve
the value of the <ItemTemplate>. The template looks like
this:
[snip]

If (e.Item.ItemType = ListItemType.EditItem) Then

Right here's your problem. You are only working with the row being
edited. THat row's <EditItemTEmplate> is the one that has been
rendered, not it's <ItemTemplate>. So for the editable row, you *can't*
refer to its <ItemTemplate>, but only its <EditItemTemplate>.

Does this make sense?

Thanks

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