Question

I want to fill dropdownlist which is inside FormView. I’m writing this code at PageLoad event:

DropDownList ddlTypeOfPayment = dvBooking.FindControl("ddlTypeOfPayment") as DropDownList;

But when I compile itraises the error “Object reference is not set to an instance of object”.
I’m using objectdatasource to bind formview.
How can I do this?

Answer 1

You don’t put it in PageLoad you put it in the protected void FormView1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e) event of your formview.

You’ll want to do this instead too:

dvBooking.Row.FindControl("ddlTypeOfPayment");