I have a gridview wich contains a mix of boundfields and
templatefields. While the boundfields can be retrieved w/o problems, I
am at a loss to get the values of the template fields. I googled
around and tried various methods to no avail.

TIA for any pointers.

Protected Sub grdOrders_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim rowIdx As Integer = Me.grdOrders.SelectedRow.RowIndex
Dim strTmp As String

strTmp = Me.grdOrders.Rows(rowIdx).Cells(0).Text ' first column
strTmp = Me.grdOrders.Rows(rowIdx).Cells(1).Text ' Works OK
strTmp = CType(Me.grdOrders.Rows(rowIdx).FindControl("lblUs er"),
Label).Text ' Empty
strTmp = CType(Me.grdOrders.Rows(rowIdx).Cells(2).Controls( 1),
Label).Text ' Empty
strTmp =
CType(Me.grdOrders.Rows(rowIdx).Cells(2).Controls( 1).FindControl("lblUser"),
Label).Text ' Empty
End Sub

<asp:GridView ID="grdOrders" DataKeyNames="OBaseID"
DataSourceID="sdsCustOrders"
runat="server" AllowSorting="True"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="grdOrders_SelectedIndexCha nged">
<Columns>
<asp:CommandField ShowSelectButton="True" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="UserName" HeaderText="Status" />

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="User" >
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblUser" runat="server"><%#Eval("UserName")%></
asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>

Your FindControl call is fine. The problem could be that Label.Text doesn't
come back in the postback. Replace the label with a textbox and see if it
works.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net


<msch.prv (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Right on the bull's eye, Eliyahu! Thank you very much! I spent quite a
few hours trying to figure this out.

Happy New Year!

Right on the bull's eye, Eliyahu! Thank you very much!

Happy New Year.