Question

I have encountered this error “Object reference not set to an instance of an object.” when i trying to set a value which i had session from the previous page and set it on a template field. when I debugged it, the session value was there(successfully session over). what i am trying to do is to display the value of what I had session on detailsview.

aspx :

 <asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateRows="False">

    <Fields>
        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Order Number " SortExpression="poNum">

            <ItemTemplate>
                <asp:Label ID="test" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("poNum") %>'></asp:Label>
            </ItemTemplate>

        </asp:TemplateField>

       </Fields>
    </asp:DetailsView>

code behind :

  protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    ((Label)DetailsView1.FindControl("test")).Text = Session["poNum"].ToString();
   } 

I was wondering why I was unable to get the control from detailsview??

EDIT

    Label aaa = new Label();
    aaa.Text = Session["poNum"].ToString();

    Label orderNum = (Label)DetailsView1.FindControl("test"); // orderNum was null here 
    orderNum.Text = aaa.Text; 

Answer 1

You can access the Label in DataBound event of DetailsView.