Accessing Editmode data items in code behind

[Derek]

I've been pulling my hair out reading every article on how to access controls that are in edit mode, however I cannot find an example on how to access the actual data item in the code behind:

eg:  I want to access the value of the inline <%# Eval("title") %> in my VB code on an ItemCreated event *** NOT *** the value of lblTitle.

<asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblTitle" Text='<%# Eval("title") %>' />

Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.

[Daniel]

Hello Derek,

In order to extract the value you should use two-way binding as shown below (Bind instead of Eval):

 <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblTitle" Text='<%# Bind("Name") %>' />

if (e.Item.IsInEditMode)
{
    Hashtable hashtable = new Hashtable();
    (e.Item as GridEditFormItem).ExtractValues(hashtable); //or e.Item as GridDataItem
    string myString = hashtable["Name"].ToString();
}

Regards,
Daniel
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