On Jan 3, 9:19 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have a validator that I wrote by inheriting from BaseValidator. At certain
> points in the code, I need to access other controls on the page containing
> the validator. I have the IDs of these controls, so I use the following
> statement to access them:
>
> Me.Page.FindControl(ControlID)
>
> However, this is returning Nothing, even though the control can be accessed
> in the Load event of the Page containing the control and the validator. I
> also want to mention that the Page uses a Master Page, and the control and
> validator are declared in the Page, not the Master Page. I am not sure if
> this makes a difference or not. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
> Thanks.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokal...@hotmail.comhttp://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Dina" <dina.mrcool@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jan 3, 9:19 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a validator that I wrote by inheriting from BaseValidator. At
>> certain
>> points in the code, I need to access other controls on the page
>> containing
>> the validator. I have the IDs of these controls, so I use the following
>> statement to access them:
>>
>> Me.Page.FindControl(ControlID)
>>
>> However, this is returning Nothing, even though the control can be
>> accessed
>> in the Load event of the Page containing the control and the validator. I
>> also want to mention that the Page uses a Master Page, and the control
>> and
>> validator are declared in the Page, not the Master Page. I am not sure if
>> this makes a difference or not. Can someone tell me what I am doing
>> wrong?
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> Nathan Sokalski
>> njsokal...@hotmail.comhttp://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> Can you please give more details on where u want to access and where u
> are already able to access the controls as in the server side or the
> client side?
>
> If u are able to access the controls on the server side and have
> trouble accessing them from the client side, then the solution is
> pretty simple. By default the client IDs of the server controls get
> pre-pended with specific values (I've generally observed the value
> "CT001_" or something similar). Just run the page and view the html
> source to see the client id of the controls in the client scripts. U
> can also get the client id of the controls using a property on the
> server side.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards, Dina

On Jan 3, 10:42 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> As I mentioned in my original post, I am able to access the control in the
> Load event of the Page. The place where I want to and am not able to access
> it is in the EvaluateIsValid() function of my validator. In the
> EvaluateIsValid() function I am attempting to access it using the following:
>
> Me.Page.FindControl(ControlID)
>
> Because the Load event of the Page occurs before the EvaluateIsValid()
> function is called, this shows that the control does exist in the page when
> I try to access it. Is there something else I need to do when accessing the
> control from inside EvaluateIsValid()? Thanks.
> --
> Nathan Sokalski
> njsokal...@hotmail.comhttp://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> "Dina" <dina.mrc...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:71b81a86-2188-4a61-b54a-9e20c6938bf2@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Jan 3, 9:19 am, "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokal...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> I have a validator that I wrote by inheriting from BaseValidator. At
> >> certain
> >> points in the code, I need to access other controls on the page
> >> containing
> >> the validator. I have the IDs of these controls, so I use the following
> >> statement to access them:
>
> >> Me.Page.FindControl(ControlID)
>
> >> However, this is returning Nothing, even though the control can be
> >> accessed
> >> in the Load event of the Page containing the control and the validator. I
> >> also want to mention that the Page uses a Master Page, and the control
> >> and
> >> validator are declared in the Page, not the Master Page. I am not sure if
> >> this makes a difference or not. Can someone tell me what I am doing
> >> wrong?
> >> Thanks.
> >> --
> >> Nathan Sokalski
> >> njsokal...@hotmail.comhttp://www.nathansokalski.com/
>
> > Can you please give more details on where u want to access and where u
> > are already able to access the controls as in the server side or the
> > client side?
>
> > If u are able to access the controls on the server side and have
> > trouble accessing them from the client side, then the solution is
> > pretty simple. By default the client IDs of the server controls get
> > pre-pended with specific values (I've generally observed the value
> > "CT001_" or something similar). Just run the page and view the html
> > source to see the client id of the controls in the client scripts. U
> > can also get the client id of the controls using a property on the
> > server side.
>
> > Hope this helps
>
> > Regards, Dina