Hi, Thanks for reading and possibly providing help with this. I've been trying to pass a textbox value to another page but have been unsuccessful. The error message is that I have a null value exception.
There is a postURL on the button in the initial page. This button is made visible in the code if a SQL insert is successful.

<asp:Button ID="btnScanSubassembly" runat="server" Text="Scan Subassembly" CausesValidation="false" PostBackUrl="~/gd_scan_unit/scan_subassembly.aspx" Visible="false"/>

The textbox on the initial page is described below.
<asp:textbox ID="HiddenUnitKey" runat="server" Visible="false" />

Code that retrieves data from the original page:

        txtbxNHAUnitNo.Text = _
        CType(PreviousPage.FindControl("HiddenUnitKey"), TextBox).Text


        If Not txtbxNHAUnitNo Is Nothing Then
            strNHA = txtbxNHAUnitNo.Text
        End If

The books I have make it seem so simple yet I can't get it to work. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Jamara

hi there...

you have to use a hiddentextbox control, not a textbox with visible false...

the textbox you are using is not rendering to the page (b/c the visible=false)

that's why you can't find it...



HTH

Gonzalo

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Thanks Gonzalo but unfortunatly, that didn't solve the issue.

My code now looks like this:

Post-URL on initial page:

<asp:Button ID="btnScanSubassembly" runat="server" Text="Scan Subassembly" CausesValidation="false" PostBackUrl="~/gd_scan_unit/scan_subassembly.aspx" Visible="false"/>

The hidden field on the initial page:

<asp:Hiddenfield ID="HiddenUnitKey" runat="server" Value=<%strUnitKey%> />

PreviousPage directive on receiving page:

<%@ PreviousPageType VirtualPath="~/gd_scan_unit/scan_unit.aspx" %>

Code that retrieves data from the original page:

        txtbxNHAUnitNo.Text = _
        CType(PreviousPage.FindControl("HiddenUnitKey"), TextBox).Text


        If Not txtbxNHAUnitNo Is Nothing Then
            strNHA = txtbxNHAUnitNo.Text
        End If

mmm.. then you got me :(

try to get other fields to see if that work.

take in mind that you are casting the hiddenfield type to a textbox....



HTH

Gonzalo

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Does anyone have any suggestions for doing this another way? I have tried several books including Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition by Bill Evjen and Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Upgrader's Guide. Nothing seems to work. I've been trying this for 2 days and have come to the conclusion that it just doesn't work. I just want to access a data element (don't care about type any longer)in page2 from page1.
I've also tried consuming exposed properties from Bill Evjen's book samples.

session variables???

HTH

Gonzalo

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I'll try it! Please look for post later in case I need additional assistance. Thanks for replying!

Well, I've tried session variables by using the example in Professional ASP.NET 2.0 Special Edition by Bill Evjen but that was 'Nothing' too. At this point, I think there must be something in the pages which is not allowing me to post variables to another page. Are there settings which must be set in order to do this? Is there something perhaps in the web.config file or in the page declarative? Does anyone have a working example of any type variable passed to another page by using any method?

mm.. can you post some of the relevant code of the call to the next page (where you save the session variable) and the call of the receiving page (the one where you read the variable)...

this should be working straightforward...

HTH

Gonzalo

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Gonzalo,
In my frustration, I had a typo in the variable name and didn't notice it. Session variables does work and is simple and straightforward.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Jackie