Get the value of a BoundField from a DetailsView

Question

I seem to always have problems with this. I have a button outside of the View that calls a function that needs an OrderNumber. I keep getting an error,

Answer 1

There is no TextBox control in your details view, you should use a TemplateField, like this:

Then you can use the FindControl() method to get the Label control by ID value, like this:

Label theOrderNumberLabel = Order_DetailsView.FindControl("LabelOrderNumber") as Label;

// Verify that we found the label before we try to use it
if(theOrderNumberLabel != null)
{
    string orderNumberText = theOrderNumberLabel.Text;

    // Do something with order number here

}