On the WebShop checkout page, I'm trying to get textbox values from a datalist to the code behind page. I can get evry other value except those from the datalist.

From checkout.aspx.vb, in the Sub btnFinalize_Click section:



Dim theNotes As notes = New notes(notes.Text, DropDownList1.Text, lblPoNum.Text, TextBox3.Text)

notes.Text, DropDownList1.Text, lblPoNum.Text pull right from checkout.aspx.
TextBox3.text, however, does not and the only difference I can see is that it's in a datalist.

Any suggestions?

Hi there,

Controls contained in repeating controls like the DataList are not directly accessible. You need to use FindControl to find the relevant control, like this:

Dim myTextBox As TextBox = CType(DataList1.FindControl("SomeTextBox", TextBox)

You cannot always call this, as the TextBox needs to be in scope. You typically call this from one of the events that the DataList raises.

Hope this helps,

Imar


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