Question

I have a Gridview and when the edit button is clicked the details of that row is displayed using a detailsview.

While displaying, I need to find a control in detailsView, and then bind it with a Datasource.

First of All I’m not sure about the event to be used but have used DetailsView1_DataBound. However, if I have to find the control using

var control=(ControlType)DetailsView1.Findcontrol("ID");

Always returns null. May be I am not using the right event, and it couldn’t find the control at that point. Any ideas about the event to be used, and the right code please?

Thanks

Answer 1

In your databound event, you need to take care your DetailsView Mode

 if (DetailsView1.CurrentMode == DetailsViewMode.Edit)
    {
      //Put here if you want to find control of your Edit Mode
      var control=(ControlType)DetailsView1.Findcontrol("EditTemplateControlID");
    }

 if (DetailsView1.CurrentMode == DetailsViewMode.Insert)
    {
        //Put here if you want to find control of your Insert Mode
      var control=(ControlType)DetailsView1.Findcontrol("InsertTemplateControlID");
    }