Using FindControl() to find control

Question

I have a Literal control that I am trying to locate so I can insert text into it. I have a Master page that contains several content placeholders.

Answer 1

From within the masterpage:

var literal = (Literal)FindControl("MainLinks").FindControl("litNavLinks");
literal.Text = sb.ToString();

From within the view:

litNavLinks.Text = sb.ToString();