.FindControl not seeing control

**Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )** · Mar 26 '08, 09:25 PM

Re: .FindControl not seeing control

On Mar 26, 5:09 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i've added a dropdownlist object into tableCell td in my code
further down the code
i inspect the td.Controls
and i can see the the dropdownlist bright as day.
however, when i try to do
td.FindControl( 'id')
it returns null?
>
any ideas off the top why this may be?
>
thanks,
rodchar

Take a look at the page's code and see if the control was renamed, it
might happens that the control is renamed if it's inside a grid (or
any list control for that matter). If so you need to search using the
ClientId

**=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=** · Mar 26 '08, 10:05 PM

Re: .FindControl not seeing control

if i look at the page's code you're right it did get renamed because it's
coming from a user control, however take a look at the time of debugging,
just to show i'm not crazy here's the debug Immediate results:
?td.Controls[0]
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
[System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Drop DownList]:
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
AppRelativeTemp lateSourceDirec tory: "~/"
BindingContaine r: null
ClientID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Controls: {System.Web.UI. EmptyControlCol lection}
EnableTheming: true
EnableViewState : true
ID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
NamingContainer : null
Page: null
Parent: {System.Web.UI. WebControls.Tab leCell}
Site: null
SkinID: ""
TemplateControl : null
TemplateSourceD irectory: "/hrrc"
UniqueID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Visible: true
?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")
null

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

On Mar 26, 5:09 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i've added a dropdownlist object into tableCell td in my code
further down the code
i inspect the td.Controls
and i can see the the dropdownlist bright as day.
however, when i try to do
td.FindControl( 'id')
it returns null?

any ideas off the top why this may be?

thanks,
rodchar

>
Take a look at the page's code and see if the control was renamed, it
might happens that the control is renamed if it's inside a grid (or
any list control for that matter). If so you need to search using the
ClientId
>

**Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )** · Mar 27 '08, 03:15 PM

Re: .FindControl not seeing control

On Mar 26, 6:01 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

if i look at the page's code you're right it did get renamed because it's
coming from a user control, however take a look at the time of debugging,
just to show i'm not crazy here's the debug Immediate results:
?td.Controls[0]
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
[System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Drop DownList]:
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
AppRelativeTemp lateSourceDirec tory: "~/"
BindingContaine r: null
ClientID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Controls: {System.Web.UI. EmptyControlCol lection}
EnableTheming: true
EnableViewState : true
ID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
NamingContainer : null
Page: null
Parent: {System.Web.UI. WebControls.Tab leCell}
Site: null
SkinID: ""
TemplateControl : null
TemplateSourceD irectory: "/hrrc"
UniqueID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Visible: true
?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")
null
>
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:
>
>
>

On Mar 26, 5:09 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

hey all,
i've added a dropdownlist object into tableCell td in my code
further down the code
i inspect the td.Controls
and i can see the the dropdownlist bright as day.
however, when i try to do
td.FindControl( 'id')
it returns null?

>

any ideas off the top why this may be?

>

thanks,
rodchar

>

Take a look at the page's code and see if the control was renamed, it
might happens that the control is renamed if it's inside a grid (or
any list control for that matter). If so you need to search using the
ClientId- Hide quoted text -

>
- Show quoted text -

Hi,

I fail to see what you want me to see.Sorry.

You know now the problem, the control is being renamed, either you
save the name of the control (by using ControlClientId ) or you have to
search it by type, you could transverse the controls, looking for the
one you need.

Usually I keep the name of the controls I need using a
CommandArgument s (I prefer to using OnCommand over OnClick)

**=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=** · Mar 28 '08, 01:25 PM

Re: .FindControl not seeing control

well, as i showed in the debugging output above i'm doing a

?td.Controls[0]

and it finds the object i'm looking for, however, if i say

?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")

it is null.

how can that be?

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

On Mar 26, 6:01 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

if i look at the page's code you're right it did get renamed because it's
coming from a user control, however take a look at the time of debugging,
just to show i'm not crazy here's the debug Immediate results:
?td.Controls[0]
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
[System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Drop DownList]:
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
AppRelativeTemp lateSourceDirec tory: "~/"
BindingContaine r: null
ClientID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Controls: {System.Web.UI. EmptyControlCol lection}
EnableTheming: true
EnableViewState : true
ID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
NamingContainer : null
Page: null
Parent: {System.Web.UI. WebControls.Tab leCell}
Site: null
SkinID: ""
TemplateControl : null
TemplateSourceD irectory: "/hrrc"
UniqueID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Visible: true
?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")
null

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:

On Mar 26, 5:09 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:
hey all,
i've added a dropdownlist object into tableCell td in my code
further down the code
i inspect the td.Controls
and i can see the the dropdownlist bright as day.
however, when i try to do
td.FindControl( 'id')
it returns null?

any ideas off the top why this may be?

thanks,
rodchar

Take a look at the page's code and see if the control was renamed, it
might happens that the control is renamed if it's inside a grid (or
any list control for that matter). If so you need to search using the
ClientId- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

>
Hi,
>
I fail to see what you want me to see.Sorry.
>
You know now the problem, the control is being renamed, either you
save the name of the control (by using ControlClientId ) or you have to
search it by type, you could transverse the controls, looking for the
one you need.
>
Usually I keep the name of the controls I need using a
CommandArgument s (I prefer to using OnCommand over OnClick)
>

**=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=** · Apr 2 '08, 01:25 PM

Re: .FindControl not seeing control

requesting 2nd look at post above, or could i post a new post pointing to
this one for a possible 2nd look at this issue.

"rodchar" wrote:

well, as i showed in the debugging output above i'm doing a
>
?td.Controls[0]
>
and it finds the object i'm looking for, however, if i say
>
?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")
>
it is null.
>
how can that be?
>
>
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:
>

On Mar 26, 6:01 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:

if i look at the page's code you're right it did get renamed because it's
coming from a user control, however take a look at the time of debugging,
just to show i'm not crazy here's the debug Immediate results:
?td.Controls[0]
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
[System.Web.UI.W ebControls.Drop DownList]:
{System.Web.UI. WebControls.Dro pDownList}
AppRelativeTemp lateSourceDirec tory: "~/"
BindingContaine r: null
ClientID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Controls: {System.Web.UI. EmptyControlCol lection}
EnableTheming: true
EnableViewState : true
ID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
NamingContainer : null
Page: null
Parent: {System.Web.UI. WebControls.Tab leCell}
Site: null
SkinID: ""
TemplateControl : null
TemplateSourceD irectory: "/hrrc"
UniqueID: "drpJD_Job_Cate gory"
Visible: true
?td.FindControl ("drpJD_Job_Cat egory")
null
>
"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" wrote:
>
>
>
On Mar 26, 5:09 pm, rodchar <rodc...@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote:
hey all,
i've added a dropdownlist object into tableCell td in my code
further down the code
i inspect the td.Controls
and i can see the the dropdownlist bright as day.
however, when i try to do
td.FindControl( 'id')
it returns null?
>
any ideas off the top why this may be?
>
thanks,
rodchar
>
Take a look at the page's code and see if the control was renamed, it
might happens that the control is renamed if it's inside a grid (or
any list control for that matter). If so you need to search using the
ClientId- Hide quoted text -
>
- Show quoted text -

Hi,

I fail to see what you want me to see.Sorry.

You know now the problem, the control is being renamed, either you
save the name of the control (by using ControlClientId ) or you have to
search it by type, you could transverse the controls, looking for the
one you need.

Usually I keep the name of the controls I need using a
CommandArgument s (I prefer to using OnCommand over OnClick)

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