uhmm.. a little bit confusing regarding my subject because i dont know how to say it...

by the way my problem is how can i get the id of a control (e.g. textbox) inside the gridview... and the textbox is in the templatefield... is there any way i can get its id??

 hoping i could get a reply as soon as possible...
 

What do you want's to do by getting the id of the Text box?

Do you want's to find particular Textbox with certain id ?

TextBox txt = Gridview1.Rows[0].Cells[0].FindControl("Textboxname") as TextBox;

thanks,

rajiv

You can do so by using row data bound event and e.row.findcontrol("textbox1").ClientID, where textbox1 is the id of the textbox

I agree wihth Kamran Shahid. What do you want to do by getting id?

if i get the id i will put some value into it... is that possible...

for some reasons... instead of putting codes into the client side.. i would put it to the server side...

but i cant get the id of it...  

Hi darkcat02 ,

See my sample,

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!IsPostBack)
        {
            DataTable table = new DataTable();
            table.Columns.Add("test");
            DataRow dr = table.NewRow();
            dr["test"] = "before change";
            table.Rows.Add(dr);
            this.GridView1.DataSource = table;
            GridView1.DataBind();

        }
    }
    protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
       TextBox box =  this.GridView1.Rows[0].FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
       box.Text = "changed";
    }
    string clientid;
    protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            TextBox box = e.Row.FindControl("TextBox1") as TextBox;
            clientid = box.ClientID;
        }
    }
    protected void Button2_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        this.Button2.Attributes.Add("onclick","document.getElementById('"+clientid+"').value = 'changed' ; return false;");
    }

    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="194px" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound">
            <Columns>
                <asp:TemplateField>
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("test") %>'></asp:TextBox>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>
    
    </div>
        <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click" Text="change" />
        <asp:Button ID="Button2" runat="server" OnPreRender="Button2_PreRender" Text="change on client" />
    </form>

 thank you for the replies...

but now i still dont get it... sorry... the code isn't getting into my head.. argh!

i have a simple for you guys... by the way the code above was being asked by my friend... so now.. this question is mine..

i need the code to find the control id (again! yes.. again! i cant understand how should i do it) of a dropdownlist and sqldatasource... how should i do it...

 pls help me... i am still a student... anyone?
 

on  itemdatabound function of gridview

just give the following code;

TextBox objtxt1 = (TextBox)e.Item.FindControl("txt1");

string  strtxtID = objtxt1.ClientID;

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            DropDownList ddl =(DropDownList) e.Row.FindControl("DropDownList1");
            ddl.DataSource = "WhateverUrDataSource";
            ddl.DataTextField = "YourDataTextField";
            ddl.DataTextField = "YourDataValueField";
            ddl.DataBind();
        }
    }

Use this iin .aspx page

 <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="194px" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound">

            <Columns>
                <asp:TemplateField>
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>
 

chandan.max:

Use this in .aspx.cs page......

 

protected void GridView1_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
        {
            DropDownList ddl =(DropDownList) e.Row.FindControl("DropDownList1");
            ddl.DataSource = "WhateverUrDataSource";
            ddl.DataTextField = "YourDataTextField";
            ddl.DataTextField = "YourDataValueField";
            ddl.DataBind();
        }
    }

  

Use this iin .aspx page

 <asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Width="194px" OnRowDataBound="GridView1_RowDataBound">

            <Columns>
                <asp:TemplateField>
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"></asp:DropDownList>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:TemplateField>
            </Columns>
        </asp:GridView>
 

 

how about the selected value... it can't read it... and also.. if i update the grid.. the data wouldn't save...

 Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowDataBound
        Dim drpUnit1 As DropDownList

        If Not IsNothing(e.Row.FindControl("drpUnit1")) Then
            drpUnit1 = CType(e.Row.FindControl("drpUnit1"), DropDownList)
            drpUnit1.DataSource = sqlDrpUnit
            drpUnit1.DataTextField = "Unit"
            drpUnit1.DataValueField = "UnitID"
            If Not IsNothing(CType(e.Row.FindControl("drpUnit1"), DropDownList).Items.FindByValue(DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "UnitID").ToString())) Then

                CType(e.Row.FindControl("drpUnit1"), DropDownList).SelectedValue = DataBinder.Eval(e.Row.DataItem, "UnitID").ToString()

            End If
            drpUnit1.DataBind()




        End If
    End Sub