how to find image control inside a datalist control in asp.net

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Hi, I have a datalist as:

XML

<asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server" RepeatColumns="3" style="z-index: 108; left: 733px; position: absolute; top: 72px" >
          <ItemTemplate><asp:Image ID="uximage" runat="server" /></ItemTemplate>
        </asp:DataList>

and I am writing code in codebehind as:

protected void Button4_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  // Image im = (Image)DataList1.FindControl("img");
  Image im = (Image)DataList1.FindControl("uximage");
  im.ImageUrl = "Handler.ashx";
}

What I want is to find image control in that datalist
but I am getting error as
"object reference not set to an instance of an object" in the line

im.ImageUrl = "Handler.ashx";

What should I do now? I think that I am writing the correct code. Please help.

Posted 7-Nov-10 6:31am

software_Engi08

Updated 7-Nov-10 6:39am

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m@dhu · Answer 1 · 2010-11-07T19:19:00

Solution 1

foreach(DataListitem item in DataList1.Items)
{
Image im = (Image)item.FindControl("uximage");
im.ImageUtrl = "Handler.ashx";
}

Posted 7-Nov-10 19:19pm

m@dhu

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software_Engi08 9-Nov-10 13:39pm

The above code is ie foreach(DataListitem item in DataList1.Items)
{
Image im = (Image)item.FindControl("uximage");
im.ImageUtrl = "Handler.ashx";
}
is not working it is not going to the body of the foreach loop .i have my datalist as <asp:DataList ID="DataList1" runat="server" RepeatColumns="3" style="z-index: 108; left: 733px; position: absolute; top: 72px" >
<itemtemplate><asp:Image ID="uximage" runat="server" />
</asp:DataList>
please help, how to find image control in a datalist?

Samsani.v.s.Durga Prasad 28-Sep-12 8:09am

<asp:DataList ID="dataListEmp" OnItemCommand="DatalistcommandEvent" RepeatColumns="1" CellSpacing="10" GridLines="Both" ItemStyle-Width="300" ItemStyle-BorderColor="Blue" BorderStyle="Dotted" CellPadding="10" BorderColor="Blue" runat="server" DataSourceID="sqlDataSourceEmp">

<itemtemplate>

<%# Eval("EmpId") %>
<%# Eval("Employee Name") %>
<%# Eval("Location") %>
<asp:ImageButton runat="server" ID="imgData" AlternateText="Image" CommandName="Myimage" />

protected void DatalistcommandEvent(object s,DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{

if (e.CommandName == "Myimage")
{

DataListItem item = dataListEmp.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex] as DataListItem;
ImageButton imgbtn = item.FindControl("imgData") as ImageButton;
imgbtn.ImageUrl = "http://localhost:64452/FilesReadAndInsert/Images/dave.jpg";
}

}

m@dhu 1-Oct-12 6:13am

That question has asked almost 2 years ago.

m@dhu 10-Nov-10 0:40am

That should work Did you place the code in button4 click event and did you get any error.

m@dhu 10-Nov-10 0:50am

Make sure you bind the Datalist1 and DataList1 is not empty.

Samsani.v.s.Durga Prasad 2-Oct-12 5:29am

yes obviously .first we should bind data to datalist.

Samsani.v.s.Durga Prasad · Answer 2 · 2012-09-28T02:06:00

XML

<asp:DataList ID="dataListEmp"  OnItemCommand="DatalistcommandEvent" RepeatColumns="1" CellSpacing="10" GridLines="Both"  ItemStyle-Width="300" ItemStyle-BorderColor="Blue" BorderStyle="Dotted" CellPadding="10"  BorderColor="Blue" runat="server" DataSourceID="sqlDataSourceEmp">

       <ItemTemplate>


       <%# Eval("EmpId") %>
       <%# Eval("Employee Name") %>
        <%# Eval("Location") %>
     <asp:ImageButton runat="server" ID="imgData" AlternateText="Image" CommandName="Myimage" />
       </ItemTemplate>
       </asp:DataList>

protected void DatalistcommandEvent(object s,DataListCommandEventArgs e)
{

if (e.CommandName == "Myimage")
{

DataListItem item = dataListEmp.Items[e.Item.ItemIndex] as DataListItem;
ImageButton imgbtn = item.FindControl("imgData") as ImageButton;
imgbtn.ImageUrl = "http://localhost:64452/FilesReadAndInsert/Images/dave.jpg";
}

}

Samsani.v.s.Durga Prasad · Answer 3 · 2012-10-01T23:39:00

protected void btnFind_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
      DataListItem item=dataListEmp.Items[1] as DataListItem;
       ImageButton imgbtn=item.FindControl("imgData") as ImageButton;
       imgbtn.ImageUrl = "http://localhost:64452/FilesReadAndInsert/Images/flow3.jpg";
   }

e.jpg";

above will work but the problem is
here we have to hard code the item index. we will not get proper index that's why i wrote in the datalist command event

DataListItem item=dataListEmp.Items[1] as DataListItem;

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