ASP.NET, VB: how to access controls inside a FormView from the code behind?

Question

I have a checkbox and a panel inside of a FormView control, and I need to access them from the code behind in order to use the checkbox to determine whether or not the panel

Answer 1

In VB you need use Directcast

Dim chk As Checkbox = DirectCast(Me.FormView1.FindControl("checkgen"), Checkbox)