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I have a formview that has several textboxes inside of tr/td's. I'm trying to get the textboxes by using the .FindControl method but it's coming back null. The FormView is always in Edit mode (so I'm always in the EditItemTemplate) and i'm trying to load querystring values into the textboxes coming from the previous page so I do need this to happen on page_load. I do this on Gridviews all the time like this: txtFirstName = (TextBox)fvGeneralInfo.FindControl("txtFirstName"); or like this: txtFirstName = (TextBox)fvGeneralInfo.FooterRow.FindControl("txtFirstName"); or like this: txtFirstName =

I need find this <a> tag resided in a FormView control, I need to remove this a tag depending on the condition but I can't find it using FormView.FindControl method <asp:UpdatePanel ID="upDiscipline" runat="server"> <ContentTemplate> <asp:FormView ID="fvMediaIntro" runat="server"> <ItemTemplate> <div class="clipControls"> <a runat="server" id="iNeedToFindThis" href="#">here</a> </div> </ItemTemplate> </ContentTemplate> </asp:UpdatePanel> I tried fvMediaIntro.FindControl() and fvMediaIntro.Row.FindControl() , neither worked. Any idea please?? FindControl will work only after those controls are

Why method FindControl() returns null on FormView until call DataBind() . After that it returns everything correctly? What workaround are there? Call DataBind() before first call of FindControl() ? Either explicitly call DataBind(), or place your code in the DataBound event of the FormView. How would a FormView have any information about its content before it has any data to build it upon? So I guess you already answered your own question, you will have to DataBind() before. It has nothing to do with BINDING. One is looking for SERVER CONTROL, not for ITS BOUND DATA. SO - control should be