Okay I have tried everything..... I've spent hours researching this to no avail
I need to set the property enabled of a drop down box in a Formview to false.
Dim dl as DropDownList
dl = FormView1.findControl("EmpDrop")
dl.Enabled = False
Does not work
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Dim dl as DropDownList
dl = findControl("FormView1.EmpDrop")
dl.Enabled = False
Does Not work
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Dim fv as Formview
Dim dl as DropDownList
fv = findControl("FormView1")
fv.enabled = True ' just to see if I got this error.. and went past it so is okay I guess
dl = fv.findControl("EmpDrop")
dl.Enabled = False
Does not work..
What the heck am I missing here
I even set it up so that there is ONLY a formview and an DropDown list on it.
I need this badly as I am almost done developing something and this is the last thing I have to do...
Findcontrol in a FormView
Dan Smithtown
i am in the same problem
this is my suggest
Protected Sub FormView1_DataBinding(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FormView1.DataBinding If FormView1.CurrentMode = FormViewMode.Edit Then Dim ddl As DropDownListddl = FormView1.FindControl(
"dropdownlist1")ddl.Items.Insert(0,
New ListItem("-select from list-", "0")) End If End SubVenu Yankarla
pl. call FindControl in the Event Handler for ItemCreated of FormView.
CorkChop
i ran into the same issue. seems as though the findcontrol function will only find controls in it's 'scope' ie: whatever mode/template the formview is currently in.
try changing the formview mode to the appropriate template and try that.
ok, now i have a question relating to the above as well. i want to be able to get the 'onSelected' event while the formview is in insert mode. is this possible and if so how
i can get it to fire while in edit mode fine, just not in insert mode.
-Scott
oh, and try this to find the control once it's in the correct mode:
Dim
dd As Dropdown = CType(FormView1.FindControl("yourdropdownhere"), Dropdown)bkrgr1
Sorry that was one example I did not put in there. No that does not work either. I believe it has something to do with the fact that it is in the EditItemTemplate within the FormView. although when I place that qualifier in it, the only method available is InstantiateIn.
No one has ever had to do this before Must be that someone has.
Thanks for your help
catalyst
hi,
i have used something like that b4, in asp.net 1.1 i'm not sure if it will work with you or not but you can give it a try
'-- then next code is to locate the button(called p1) in the place holder control (called pagebuttons) and
'-- to conver it to button and to style it
Dim FirstButton As Button
FirstButton = CType(PageButtons.FindControl("P1"), Button)
FirstButton.Style("background-color") = "#990000"
FirstButton.Style("color") = "#FFFFFF"
so i guess the thing that you missing is the
mydropdownlist = Ctype(FormView1.findControl("EmpDrop"), Dropdownlist)
hope this will help
lc247
pl. call FindControl in the Event Handler for ItemCreated of FormView.