Trouble with FormView

[smetzger]

Hi,

I am learning ASP.Net.

I have a project with a FormView.
In the ItemTemplate there is a label called lblFY

In the Page_PreRender event there is a call to...
frmBudgetSummary.FindControl("lblFY")
However, this does not find the control.

What am I doing wrong?
Is there a way to directly reference the label control without resorting to FindControl?
What is the best way to reference a control in a FormView in code?

Thanks,
Scott

[mcmcom]

you should put a breakpoint somewhere in the pre-render code and do a Watch on the frmBudgetSummary. It may have the control but you may need to drill down to it. using watch will let you know how many control levels you may have to drill down.

For example the FormView may have one main control, and in that several different controls so you may need something like

frmBudgetSummary.Controls[0].FindControl("lblFY");

using watch you can easily see how nested the label is.

hth,
mcm