Question

I’m trying to code a section for my website in VB but VB can’t seem to find a button. Is there a way for the code to find it?

I know where it is. Loginview > Login > LoginTemplate. How do I get VB.NET to point to that location?

Answer 1

Since the button is in a template, you’ll need to use the FindControl method.

For example, if you have markup like this:

<asp:LoginView ID="loginview1" runat="server">
        <LoggedInTemplate>
            <asp:Button ID="btn1" runat="server" />
        </LoggedInTemplate>
    </asp:LoginView>

Then, in your code-behind, you’ll need to reference it like this:

Button btn = loginview1.FindControl("btn1") as Button;

if (btn != null)
{
     // do whatever you need here
}