CurrentRowIndex problem in Gridview

[Lars_V_J]

I have an ItemTemplate in my gridview. When I enter the gridview_RowCommand function, I'd like to get my CurrentRowIndex like I do for the normal DataBound columns.
Sadly, the COmmandArguemnt is empty. I can see there's a property for it, but i thought it would be there automatically like normal. Or should I fill it out, and if so, how?

[Silent Sojourner]

The CommandArgument will be automatically set only for ButtonField column. Since you are using ItemTemplate, you need to specify the CommandArgument manually. You may set it in gridview's RowDataBound event:

linkbutton.CommandArgument = e.Row.RowIndex.ToString();

[Lars_V_J]

Ah...that seems to work. Now I only need to get my controls...

I tried

if (e.Row.RowIndex < 0) return;
            LinkButton VaerdiEdit = (LinkButton)gwAnalyserAddEdit.Rows[e.Row.RowIndex].FindControl("LbVaerdi");
            if (VaerdiEdit!=null)
                VaerdiEdit.CommandArgument=e.Row.RowIndex.ToString();

but then it complains about "Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection."

[Lars_V_J]

It also seems as if this event fires before the row is inserted...

[Silent Sojourner]

try this:

LinkButton VaerdiEdit = e.Row.Cells[0].Controls[0] as LinkButton;

another way is to specify the CommandArgument in aspx:

<asp:Button ... CommandArgument="<%# Container.DataItemIndex %>" />

[Lars_V_J]

I solved the problem. I moved the code to the RowCreated event, and I added a class variable int idx that I set in the RowDataBound, and then use in RowCreated. That works!