I have a DataGrid where, in the EditItemTemplate, one of the columns is a DropDownList and the next column is a textbox. I need to update the TextBox.Text when the DropDownList's selected item is changed.

The aspx page is similar to this:
<asp:datagrid id="grid" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False">
    <Columns>
        <asp:TemplateColumn HeaderText="Product">
            <ItemTemplate><asp:Literal id="ltlProdName" runat="server" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container, "DataItem.ProductName") %>'></asp:Literal>
            </ItemTemplate>
            <EditItemTemplate><asp:DropDownList id="ddlProdName" runat=server AutoPostBack=True OnSelectedIndexChanged="DropDown_SelectedIndexChan ged"><asp:DropDownList>
            </EditItemTemplate>


And the aspx.cs page is like this:

protected void DropDown_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)sender;
    //*******Need to find the TextBox control from this row of the grid and update its .Text property*******
}

Not sure how to find that TextBox in the proper row of the DataGrid. It doesnt seem to fire the event either, and if I add a handler to the ItemDataBound of the datagrid, it throws an error that I referrence and object without specifying an instance...

Thanks for your help.
kj

To have the selectedindexchanged event fire you need to add this to the dropdownlist in the HTML:
   OnSelectedIndexChanged="DropDown_SelectedIndexChan ged"

You need to add this to the selectedindexchaned event of the ddl
   DataGridItem dgi = ((DataGridItem)(ddlEmployee.Parent.Parent));
   TextBox YourTextBox = dgi.FindControl("TheTextBox");


Jim

I had to do it as:

TextBox YourTextBox = (TextBox)dgi.FindControl("TheTextBox");

But that worked! Thanks very much, I've been beating my head against the wall for a few days on this because of that one stupid line:
DataGridItem dgi = ((DataGridItem)(ddlEmployee.Parent.Parent));

Thanks again!
kj

You are welcome. I have been playing around with the datagrid for some time. I found lots of examples on line, but I found that line to be confusing at first.. but very helpful.

Jim

i am having same problem with datagrid dropdownlist. I tried the above solution. But the problem with that solution is : the event fires for each and every dropdownlist control in the datagrid And not for the specific dropdownlist for which I change the selection at run time. didn't you come across this problem? is there any solution for this?
When the event fires, I need to get the itemindex of dropdownlist which fired this event. If you debug above code with f11/f10 then you will see the event firing for every item in the datagrid.
any resolution?

anil soman