Find control in detail view

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could you please help me in Find control in Detail view below is my cs and aspx code.when i run this code getting null

Label compname = DetailsView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].FindControl("complbl") as Label;
comp = compname.Text;

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Company Name">
  <itemtemplate>
                                                                            <asp:Label ID="complbl" runat = "server">
                                                                        </itemtemplate>

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Posted 24-Nov-11 22:57pm

Lancy.net

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D K N T H · Answer 1 · 2011-11-24T23:03:00

Solution 1

try this instead,

C#

compname = (Label)DetailsView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].FindControl("complbl");

hope it helps,

thanks

Posted 24-Nov-11 23:03pm

D K N T H

Updated 24-Nov-11 23:46pm

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Lancy.net 25-Nov-11 5:09am

thanks it is not working

D K N T H 25-Nov-11 5:22am

try this

Label lbl;
string labelText = string.empty;

lbl = (Label)DetailsView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].FindControl("complbl");
lableText = lbl.text;

hope it helps

please mark this as answer if it helps you

thanks ..

member60 · Answer 2 · 2011-11-24T23:54:00

Solution 2

remove as Label and try i the following way:

C#

label lbl1 = (Label)DetailsView1.Rows[0].Cells[1].FindControl("complbl"); lable1.Text = lbl1.Text ;