Invalid cast?

[tshad]

I have an ItemDataBound event for my delete button and am getting an error:

System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.

The event code:

********************************************************
public void articleList_ItemDataBound(Object sender, DataGridItemEventArgs
e)
{
// First, make sure we're NOT dealing with a Header or Footer row
if ((e.Item.ItemType != ListItemType.Header) && (e.Item.ItemType !=
ListItemType.Footer))
{
// Now, reference the Button control that the Delete ButtonColumn
// has been rendered to
Button deleteButton = (Button)e.Item.Cells[0].Controls[0]; <-- the
error
******************************************************************

The DataGrid looks like:

<asp:datagrid id="articleList" runat="server" HeaderStyle-Font-Bold="True"
HeaderStyle-Font-Size="15pt"
HeaderStyle-ForeColor="White" HeaderStyle-BackColor="Navy"
AlternatingItemStyle-BackColor="#eeeeee"
AutoGenerateColumns="False" Font-Name="Verdana" DataKeyField="FullName"
OnItemDataBound="articleList_ItemDataBound"
OnDeleteCommand="articleList_DeleteFile">
<Columns>
<asp:HyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlField="Name" DataTextField="Name"
HeaderText="File Name" />
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="LastWriteTime" HeaderText="Last Write Time"
ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center"
DataFormatString="{0:d}" />
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="Length" HeaderText="File Size"
ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Right" DataFormatString="{0:#,##0 bytes}" />
<asp:ButtonColumn Text="Delete" ButtonType="PushButton"
CommandName="Delete" />
</Columns>
</asp:datagrid>

What is wrong with the cast?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

You may try to iterate through the collection of cells first and trace the
control types to make sure that you have the correct cell. By the looks of
this, Cell 0 is a HyperLink column and not a button. Try using Cell 3
instead.


You could also dump the cell contents to trace like

for(int i = 0; i < e.Item.Cells.Count;i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < e.Item.Cells.Controls.Count;j++)
{
Trace.Write("Cell " + i.ToString() + " Control " +
j.ToString(),e.Item.Cells.Controls[j].GetType().ToString());
}
}

You may need to edit that as it's just a rough and I haven't run it
through the compiler.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

 

[tshad]

You may try to iterate through the collection of cells first and trace the
control types to make sure that you have the correct cell. By the looks of
this, Cell 0 is a HyperLink column and not a button. Try using Cell 3
instead.

That was it.

I had moved the button from the 1st control in the datagrid to the last one.

Thanks,

Tom

You could also dump the cell contents to trace like

for(int i = 0; i < e.Item.Cells.Count;i++)
{
for(int j = 0; j < e.Item.Cells.Controls.Count;j++)
{
Trace.Write("Cell " + i.ToString() + " Control " +
j.ToString(),e.Item.Cells.Controls[j].GetType().ToString());
}
}

You may need to edit that as it's just a rough and I haven't run it
through the compiler.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

I have an ItemDataBound event for my delete button and am getting an
error:

System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.

The event code:

********************************************************
public void articleList_ItemDataBound(Object sender,
DataGridItemEventArgs e)
{
// First, make sure we're NOT dealing with a Header or Footer row
if ((e.Item.ItemType != ListItemType.Header) && (e.Item.ItemType !=
ListItemType.Footer))
{
// Now, reference the Button control that the Delete ButtonColumn
// has been rendered to
Button deleteButton = (Button)e.Item.Cells[0].Controls[0]; <-- the
error
******************************************************************

The DataGrid looks like:

<asp:datagrid id="articleList" runat="server"
HeaderStyle-Font-Bold="True" HeaderStyle-Font-Size="15pt"
HeaderStyle-ForeColor="White" HeaderStyle-BackColor="Navy"
AlternatingItemStyle-BackColor="#eeeeee"
AutoGenerateColumns="False" Font-Name="Verdana"
DataKeyField="FullName"
OnItemDataBound="articleList_ItemDataBound"
OnDeleteCommand="articleList_DeleteFile">
<Columns>
<asp:HyperLinkColumn DataNavigateUrlField="Name" DataTextField="Name"
HeaderText="File Name" />
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="LastWriteTime" HeaderText="Last Write Time"
ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center"
DataFormatString="{0:d}" />
<asp:BoundColumn DataField="Length" HeaderText="File Size"
ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Right" DataFormatString="{0:#,##0 bytes}" />
<asp:ButtonColumn Text="Delete" ButtonType="PushButton"
CommandName="Delete" />
</Columns>
</asp:datagrid>

What is wrong with the cast?

Thanks,

Tom