Finding Grid controls

[Rick Spiewak]

I have been unable to find an elegant way to navigate to the controls in a
DataGrid in edit mode in order to get the changed values. I end up with a
lot of code like:

e.Item.Controls(5).Controls(0)

to get at a simple textbox, or:

e.Item.Controls(5).Controls(1)

if there is a multiline text box.

No ID's seem to end up on these controls, and I can't seem to find a
generalizable, clean way to access them. Any ideas?

Regards - Rick

I don't know if this is OK for you but I sometimes use template columns,
then I name the controls in design mode, and access them this way :

Dim txt as Textbox
txt=ctype(e.Item.fincontrols("txtName"), Textbox)

"Rick Spiewak" <rickspiewak@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I have been unable to find an elegant way to navigate to the controls in a
> DataGrid in edit mode in order to get the changed values. I end up with a
> lot of code like:
>
> e.Item.Controls(5).Controls(0)
>
> to get at a simple textbox, or:
>
> e.Item.Controls(5).Controls(1)
>
> if there is a multiline text box.
>
> No ID's seem to end up on these controls, and I can't seem to find a
> generalizable, clean way to access them. Any ideas?
>
> Regards - Rick
>
>