Using FindControl to get GridView in a Content Page

Question

I would like to find a GridView Control within a separate class and I am having issues doing so. I even tried placing my code in the aspx.cs page to no avail. I

Answer 1

Brian got it right but he forgot the essential part. You won't be able to do use his code unless you add this code on top of your HTML-Code of the file where you want to use it.(Page.aspx)

<%@ MasterType VirtualPath="~/Master/Site.master" %>

then you can use the code Brian suggested:

GridView grid = this.Master.FindControl("GridView1");

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Edit: If you want to use the gridview from within another class in the same file i would use the following: Add this to the class created when you make the page

 public partial class YourPageName: System.Web.UI.Page
 {
    public static Gridview mygrid = this.GridviewnameOFYourASPX
    ...
 }

And to your custom class add this in your method

YourPageName.mygrid.(The changes you want to make);