Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

IceThatJaw · March 27th, 2012, 12:20 AM

Hi everyone. I usually know how to solve this error but this time I am getting really frustrated.

I added a dropdownlist to the createNewUser wizard and I want to get at the selected value becuase it selects an existing role and I want to add the user to it. The problem is I am getting this error when I try to use the dropdownlist that I grabbed from the FindControl method.

Any idea why it says that?

HTML Code:

 protected void CreateUserWizard1_CreatedUser(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      // get dropdown list from createNewUser control and add user to dept role that was selected
      DropDownList DropDownListDept = (DropDownList)CreateUserWizard1.FindControl("DropDownListDept");
        
      // just to test it but it produces and object not to instance error!!! 
      lbl1.Text = DropDownListDept.SelectedItem.Text;
       
      Roles.AddUserToRole(CreateUserWizard1.UserName, DropDownListDept.SelectedItem.Text);
  }