asp.net gridview findcontrol in itemtemplate

<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/MasterPage2.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="-----------------.aspx.cs" Inherits="--------------------------" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="head" Runat="Server">

</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1" Runat="Server">


                <asp:GridView ID="grvReqCumProjectReport" runat="server"
                    AutoGenerateColumns="False" DataKeyNames="RequestId"
                    onrowcommand="grvReqCumProjectReport_RowCommand"
                    onrowdatabound="grvReqCumProjectReport_RowDataBound">
                    <AlternatingRowStyle CssClass="AlternatingRowStyle"></AlternatingRowStyle>

                    <Columns>

                        <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Edit Request" ShowHeader="False">

                            <ItemTemplate>

<asp:LinkButton ID="lnkBtnEditRequest" runat="server"></asp:LinkButton>

                            </ItemTemplate>

                        </asp:TemplateField>

                    </Columns>

                    <HeaderStyle CssClass="HeaderStyle"></HeaderStyle>
                    <RowStyle CssClass="RowStyle"></RowStyle>

                    </asp:GridView>


</asp:Content>
<asp:Content ID="Content3" ContentPlaceHolderID="footer" Runat="Server">
</asp:Content>

I wanna access lnkBtnEditRequest highlighted in bold.

Re: asp.net gridview findcontrol in itemtemplate

When do you want to access it? Typically, the FindControl method is used when accessing controls within Data Representation controls or wthin a naming container hierarchy.

Here's an example for accessing it at RowDataBound event of GridView:

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) {
            if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) {
                LinkButton link = (LinkButton)e.Row.FindControl("lnkBtnEditRequest");
                //do something with the link here
            }
}

You can also access the control outside RowDataBound event after the GridView is binded with data.

//accessing specific control
// just change the index of cells based on your requirements 
LinkButton link = (LinkButton)GridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0].FindControl("lnkBtnEditRequest");


//if you want to access multiple rows then you can loop through the gridview rows and then do the findcontrol within your loop