Question

I’m using the asp.net LoginView to show different data to authenticated or anonymous users.

<asp:LoginView ID="LoginView1" Runat="server">
    <LoggedInTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="Foo" runat="server" />
    </LoggedInTemplate>
    <AnonymousTemplate>
        <asp:Label ID="Bar" runat="server" />
    </AnonymousTemplate>
</asp:LoginView>

When I moved Foo and Bar into LoginView1, I was unable to access them from the code behind in this fashion:

Foo.Text = "I am Foo";
Bar.Text = "I am Bar";

I was able to access them in this fashion before moving them into the LoginView. What (clean) method can I use to access these labels?

Answer 1

You need to use FindControl on the LoginView, and Cast appropriately as shown below:

var foo = (Label)LoginView1.FindControl("Foo");
foo.Text =  "I am Foo";