Question

I have a listview with multiple columns. One of the columns is a checkbox, another is a label. There are other columns but they’re not really relevant to this issue. In the click event of a button on this page I want to read the value of the label if the checkbox adjacent to it is selected. How do I read the label contents?

The code I have so far is included below. The code runs but the checked status of the checkboxes is never found to be checked. I checked the itemTemplate to confirm the name and ensure this problem wasn’t the result of a typo.

        CheckBox chkSelected;
        List<int> selectedIds = new List<int>();


        foreach (var x in lvPeople.Items)
        {
            chkSelected = (CheckBox)x.FindControl("IsAlumni");

            if (chkSelected.Checked)
            {
                int id = (int)lvPeople.DataKeys[x.DisplayIndex].Value;                    

                selectedIds.Add(id);
            }
        }

Answer 1

You’d have something like this:

foreach (var x in lvPeople.Items)
{
    chkSelected = (CheckBox)x.FindControl("IsAlumni");

    if (chkSelected.Checked)
    {
        int id = (int)lvPeople.DataKeys[x.DisplayIndex].Value;

        var myLabel = (Label)x.FindControl("lblContactId");
        var myLabelContent = myLabel.Text;                  

        selectedIds.Add(id);
    }
}

For example, in the selected item event you could have this code:

CheckBox chkSelected =
           lvPeople.Items(lvPeople.SelectedIndex).FindControl("IsAlumni") as CheckBox;