Can't find control within asp.net repeater?

Question

I have the following repeater below and I am trying to find lblA in code behind and it fails. Below the markup are the attempts I have made:

Answer 1

I just had the same problem.

We are missing the item type while looping in the items. The very first item in the repeater is the header, and header does not have the asp elements we are looking for.

Try this:

if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
    {Label lblA = (Label)rptDetails.Items[0].FindControl("lblA");}