"bruce barker" <brucebarker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41573AB1-79A6-404A-B67F-77951C03B8C1@microsoft.com...
> Page.FindControl only searches the pages Control collection. But a Control
> in
> Page collection can have its own. If you use a Master Page, then the
> master
> page control is in the Page collection. the master control has content
> controls. In the content controls are collections of the control defined
> in
> the content area. if you use server tables or repeators then you have more
> control collection.
>
> with validators the standard pattern is to require the controls and the
> validators have the same naming container, so your code should be:
>
> needsvalidated = CType(Me.FindControl(Me.conditionid), CheckBox).Checked
>
> though you really should check if find returns a null.
>
> -- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
>
> "Nathan Sokalski" wrote:
>
>> I have a validator control that I wrote by inheriting from the
>> BaseValidator
>> class. One of the properties of my class is the id of another control
>> which
>> will determine whether or not the ControlToValidate needs validated (this
>> property is named conditionid). When I attempt to access this control, I
>> use
>> the following statement:
>>
>> needsvalidated = CType(Me.Page.FindControl(Me.conditionid),
>> CheckBox).Checked
>>
>> However, when I submit the form, I recieve the following error, which
>> points
>> to the line in my code mentioned above:
>>
>> Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
>>
>> I know that the value for Me.conditionid is there, because I checked it
>> while debugging. I believe the control with that id is available, because
>> it
>> is added declaratively in the *.aspx file. What could be the problem? (I
>> don't know if it makes a difference for this problem, but I would like to
>> note also that I am using a Master page, but none of the stuff I have
>> mentioned is in the Master page; the line of code I mentioned above is
>> from
>> the validator that inherits BaseValidator, and the control that has the
>> id
>> Me.conditionid is in the *.aspx page) Any help would be appreciated.
>> Thanks.
>> --
>> Nathan Sokalski
>> njsokalski@hotmail.com
>> http://www.nathansokalski.com/
>>
>>
>>