Pass Values from Formview child controls to unbound textbox

I have created a formview that is bound to a table in an Access database with an AccesDataSource object.

How do I pass the values contained in the labels in the formview to unbound textboxes outside of the formview

<asp:FormView ID="FormView1" runat="server" DataSourceID="AccessDataSource2" Width="519px" Visible =false HeaderText="Company Address" HeaderStyle-Font-Bold="true" >

<tr>

Address:</td>

City:</td>

PostalCode:</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:Label ID="AddressLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Address") %>'></asp:Label></td>

<asp:Label ID="CityLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("City") %>'></asp:Label></td>

<asp:Label ID="PostalCodeLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("PostalCode") %>'></asp:Label></td>

</tr>

<tr>

Country:</td>

Phone:</td>

Fax:</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<asp:Label ID="CountryLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Country") %>'></asp:Label></td>

<asp:Label ID="PhoneLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Phone") %>'></asp:Label></td>

<asp:Label ID="FaxLabel" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Fax") %>'></asp:Label></td>

</tr>

</table>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:FormView>

I want to fill unbound textboxes outside of this form with the values of the labels contained in the formview

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Pass Values from Formview child controls to unbound textbox

Mark Bennett112838

I has the same problem, at have used hours on solvine it. But here is a C# version that works for me.

TextBox myTextBox = ((TextBox)this.FormView1.FindControl("SomeTextBox"));

Hope my anserwer is not to late for yor.
DigitalColony
No, sorry, I haven't used C in a long time
Neil Watson
Thanks Pat, I'm going to try that, I've been struggling with it also...
DebsPink
use the FormView FindControl method.
JoeChip90
This question belongs in the Windows Forms forum.
MNMamun
Do you know how to do this in C#
M. Paydar
I haven't had any success with that I have tried a few variations to no avail
The following button event makes the unbound textboxes visible, and, I pass the text in the labels that are in the form view to these.

Protected Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

lblShippingInfo.Visible = True
lblShipName.Visible = True
lblShipAddress.Visible = True
lblCity.Visible = True
ShipName.Visible = True
City.Visible = True
lblShipPostalCode.Visible = True
lblCountry.Visible = True
ShipPostalCode.Visible = True
ShipCountry.Visible = True

ShipAddress.Text = CType(CType(FormView1.FindControl("Address"), TextBox).Text, String)
ShipAddress.Visible = True

I've also tried

ShipAddress = CType(FormView1.FindControl("Address"), TextBox)
ShipAddress.Visible = True

I always end up with "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message
zmrcic
I have figured it out, I used:

Dim a As String = CType(Me.FormView1.FindControl("AddressLabel"), Label).Text
ShipAddress.Text = a
ShipAddress.Visible = True
Pass Values from Formview child controls to unbound textbox

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