FindControl inside FormView Template fails

[Matt]

I have a project that I am in the process of replacing the drop down lists with comboboxes.

In this scenario, the drop down list will show / hide a panel (using an ajax CollapsiblePanelExtender) when a certain value is selected. This is working well (before the replacement of the ddl with the combo box).

I have added and databound the combobox, which shows the required data values.

However, when I attempt to find the combobox, the combobox is not found. The combobox is inside the insert item template of the form view and I am using master / child pages.

Here is my server side code:

 

protected void FormViewSkillDetails_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)

 {
    

if (FormViewSkillDetails.CurrentMode == FormViewMode.Insert)
    {
        FormViewSkillDetails.Focus(); //place the cursor on the 1st available field of the form view.
        
        //DropDownList ddl = (DropDownList)FormViewSkillDetails.FindControl("DropDownListSkillTypeInsertDisplay"); 
        RadComboBox ddl = (RadComboBox)FormViewSkillDetails.FindControl("RadComboBoxSkillTypeInsertDisplay");
        Panel p = (Panel)FormViewSkillDetails.FindControl("PanelSkillOwnHeadingInsertItem");
        RequiredFieldValidator rfv = (RequiredFieldValidator)FormViewSkillDetails.FindControl("RequiredFieldValidatorClientSideSkillOwnHeadingInsert");
        CustomValidator cvss = (CustomValidator)FormViewSkillDetails.FindControl("CustomValidatorServerSideSkillOwnHeadingInsertItemBlank");
        ddl.Attributes.Add("onchange", "JavaScript:selectInputInsertChange('" + ddl.ClientID + "', '" + p.ClientID + "', '" + rfv.ClientID + "', '" + cvss.ClientID + "');");
    }
}

Any suggestions?

 

 

 

 

 

[Shinu]

Hi Matt,

Can you confirm that you are trying to access the RadComboBox using its correct ID? It would be nice if you could send the entire aspx page.

Shinu