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I am working on Repeater to perform insert, edit, update, delete in ASP.Net using C#.I want to perform CRUD on Columns "B_Title" and "B_Desc" for that purpose i add link button but,when i click to the edit button then it gives me Exception.

Description:n unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source ErrorLine 64: {
Line 65: //Toggle Buttons.
Line 66: item.FindControl("lnkButtionEdit").Visible = !isEdit;
Line 67: item.FindControl("lnkButtionUpdate").Visible = isEdit;
Line 68: item.FindControl("lnkButtonCancel").Visible = isEdit;

This is my HTML Code

<%-- Main Blog Post--%>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-8 col-md-10 mx-auto">
<div class="post-preview">
<h2 class="post-title">
Man must explore,
<asp:Label ID="lblTitle" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("B_Title") %>'></asp:Label>


<asp:TextBox ID="txtTitle" runat="server" class="form-control" Text='<%# Eval("B_Title") %>'
Visible="false" />

</h2>

<h3 class="post-subtitle">
<asp:Label ID="lblDesc" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("B_Desc") %>'></asp:Label>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtDesc" runat="server" class="form-control" Text='<%# Eval("B_Desc") %>' Visible="false" />
</h3>
<a><a href="<%#Eval("B_Category") %>/<%#Eval("B_URL")%>">Read the Complete Article</a></a>

<p class="post-meta">
Posted by

<a href="#">Start Bootstrap</a>
<%#Eval("B_Datetime","{0:MMMM dd,YYYY}") %><a href="<%#Eval("B_Category")%>/Home.aspx"><%#Eval("B_URL")%>
</p>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkButtonEdit" runat="server" OnClick="lnkButtonEdit_Click">Edit</asp:LinkButton>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkButtonUpdate" runat="server" OnClick="lnkButtonUpdate_Click" Visible="false">Update</asp:LinkButton>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkButtonDelete" runat="server" OnClick="lnkButtonDelete_Click" Visible="false">Delete</asp:LinkButton>
<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkButtonCancel" runat="server" OnClick="lnkButtonCancel_Click1">Cancel</asp:LinkButton>
</div>
This is my C# Code
C#
private void ToggleElements(RepeaterItem item, bool isEdit)
    {
        //Toggle Buttons.
        item.FindControl("lnkButtionEdit").Visible = !isEdit;
        item.FindControl("lnkButtionUpdate").Visible = isEdit;
        item.FindControl("lnkButtonCancel").Visible = isEdit;
        item.FindControl("lnkButtionDelete").Visible = !isEdit;
        //Toggle Labels
        item.FindControl("lblTitle").Visible = !isEdit;
        item.FindControl("lblDesc").Visible = !isEdit;
        //Toggle TextBoxes.
        item.FindControl("txtTitle").Visible = isEdit;
        item.FindControl("txtDesc").Visible = isEdit;
    }

C#
protected void lnkButtonEdit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RepeaterItem item = (sender as LinkButton).Parent as RepeaterItem;
        this.ToggleElements(item, true);
    }


it gives my exception on this line of code
C#
item.FindControl("lnkButtionEdit").Visible = !isEdit;


What I have tried:

I have tried to solve this Issue, Kindly give me solution.
Posted
Updated 1-Feb-20 19:47pm
v2

You misspelled "Button". Look at your HTML, ID="lnkButtonEdit", ID="lnkButtonUpdate", and ID="lnkButtonDelete". Then at your FindControl calls where you use lnkButtionEdit, lnkButtionUpdate, and lnkButtionDelete.
 
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Maciej Los 3-Feb-20 4:27am    
5ed!
Jon McKee has given you the solution this time, but if you "have tried to solve this issue" and failed, then a little background may help in the future, as this is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself.

Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a method return value but it contains null - which means that there is no instance of a class in the variable.
It's a bit like a pocket: you have a pocket in your shirt, which you use to hold a pen. If you reach into the pocket and find there isn't a pen there, you can't sign your name on a piece of paper - and you will get very funny looks if you try! The empty pocket is giving you a null value (no pen here!) so you can't do anything that you would normally do once you retrieved your pen. Why is it empty? That's the question - it may be that you forgot to pick up your pen when you left the house this morning, or possibly you left the pen in the pocket of yesterdays shirt when you took it off last night.

We can't tell, because we weren't there, and even more importantly, we can't even see your shirt, much less what is in the pocket!

Back to computers, and you have done the same thing, somehow - and we can't see your code, much less run it and find out what contains null when it shouldn't.
But you can - and Visual Studio will help you here. Run your program in the debugger and when it fails, VS will show you the line it found the problem on. You can then start looking at the various parts of it to see what value is null and start looking back through your code to find out why. So put a breakpoint at the beginning of the method containing the error line, and run your program from the start again. This time, VS will stop before the error, and let you examine what is going on by stepping through the code looking at your values.

But we can't do that - we don't have your code, we don't know how to use it if we did have it, we don't have your data. So try it - and see how much information you can find out!
 
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Jon McKee 2-Feb-20 2:25am    
100% this. Debugging is such an important skill and it's a shame it's never really given the time it deserves either in books or college.
Maciej Los 3-Feb-20 4:27am    
5ed!

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