Reference to a ListBox inside a DataList

[Clodoaldo]

I'm trying to get a reference to a ListBox inside a DataList without
success. It always returns null.

I need to have a reference to the ListBox in Load time in order to
bind it to data.

This is the best I can do:

ListBox listBox = (ListBox)
(((DataList)this.Page.FindControl("DataList_1")).FindControl(listBoxID));

Any ideas?

 

[S. Justin Gengo]

Clodoaldo,

You mention trying to find the list box in "load time". In case you aren't
make sure you are attemting the find control inside of the datalist's
itemdatabound event. Until the datalist's databind event fires the list box
won't exist yet. Then you can use the event args to find your control.

Here's a link to some example code from microsoft:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.datalist.itemdatabound.aspx

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S. Justin Gengo, MCP

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