I have tried several so called answers for this and it has me lost. I am simply trying to default a TextBox
Text value with today's date and time, but I cannot find the control when I click LinkButton
with CommandName "Edit".
Here is my gridview...
<asp:GridView ID="gvSignInRegister" runat="server" AllowPaging="True" AllowSorting="True" AutoGenerateColumns="False" CellPadding="3"
DataSourceID="sdsSignInRegister" ForeColor="Black" BackColor="White" BorderColor="#999999" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" GridLines="Vertical" OnRowCommand="gvSignInRegister_RowCommand1">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Returned" SortExpression="DateTimeReturned">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:TextBox ID="txtReturned" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:ImageButton runat="Server" ID="calImg" ImageUrl="~/images/Calendar_scheduleHS.png" AlternateText="Click to show calendar" CausesValidation="False" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="rfv1" runat="server" SetFocusOnError="true" ValidationGroup="vg1" ControlToValidate="txtReturned" ErrorMessage="Required"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>
<ajaxToolkit:CalendarExtender ID="ce1" runat="server" PopupButtonID="calImg" Enabled="true" Format="dd/MM/yyyy" TargetControlID="txtReturned" PopupPosition="TopRight" OnClientDateSelectionChanged="AppendTime"></ajaxToolkit:CalendarExtender>
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="Label9" runat="server" Text='<%# Eval("DateTimeReturned","{0:dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm}") %>'></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:TemplateField ShowHeader="False">
<EditItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="btnCAN" runat="server" CausesValidation="false" CommandName="Cancel" Text="CANCEL" />
<asp:Button ID="btnUPD" runat="server" ValidationGroup="vg1" CausesValidation="true" CommandName="Update" Text="UPDATE" />
</EditItemTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Button ID="btnEDT" runat="server" CausesValidation="false" CommandName="Edit" CommandArgument='<%# Container.DataItemIndex %>' Text="SIGN IN" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
<FooterStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" />
<PagerStyle BackColor="#999999" ForeColor="Black" HorizontalAlign="Center" />
<SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#000099" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<HeaderStyle BackColor="Black" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" />
<AlternatingRowStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" />
</asp:GridView>
The LinkButton btnEDT works and puts the gridview in edit mode. But in code behind I cannot find "txtReturned".
This is what I've tried so far...
protected void gvSignInRegister_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
if (e.CommandName == "Edit")
{
int rowIdx = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);
GridViewRow row = gvSignInRegister.Rows[rowIdx];
if (row != null && row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
TextBox tb = (TextBox)row.FindControl("txtReturned");
if (tb != null) tb.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
//I've tried this too but it does not work. Interestingly, it does not crash, so cells[4] must exist!
//row.Cells[4].Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm");
}
}
}
For some reason the rowIdx is always 0. Why? I thought a row index of 0 meant the header of the gridview control.
I've also tried using the NamingContainer that most other people have suggested in other posts, but that returns a blank (I suspect new?) GridViewRow.
ie
GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)((GridViewRow)(e.CommandSource).NamingContainer);
UPDATE
I found this, which is exactly the problem I am having, but the solution via the RowEditing still does not find the textbox!
However the RowDataBound() solved it! Read my answer below.
The answer was in getting into the editmode version of the GridView itself and then find the control!
As per this post...