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ASP.NET repeater giving me trouble

I have an repeater that fills in cells in a table ( see below ).
For some reason, when I try and find my table cell control with ID "litPropertyCell", I always get a null value.

Is there something simple I'm doing wrong??

Thanks in advance.

<tr>
                <asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="repProperties" OnItemDataBound="repProperties_ItemDataBound"
                    EnableViewState="true">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <td ID="litPropertyCell">
                            <asp:Literal ID="litProperty" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
                        </td>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:Repeater>
            </tr>
 
 
 
<%--- CodeBehind ---- %>
 protected void repProperties_ItemDataBound(Object Sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
    {
        XmlNode node = e.Item.DataItem as XmlNode;
        Literal litProperty = e.Item.FindControl("litProperty") as Literal;
        HtmlTableCell cell = e.Item.FindControl("litPropertyCell")  as HtmlTableCell;
        if (cell == null) throw new Exception("LitPropertyCell is NULL!");
        cell.BgColor = "Red";
 
       litProperty.Text = node.InnerText;
    }

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smithdale87

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thanks for the quick response

I edited the code ( see below ). Unfortunately, I still get the same error.

Any other idaes?

<td ID="litPropertyCell" runat="server">

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NazoUK

Try putting the code inside your itemdatabound routine inside this if:

if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || e.Item.ItemType== ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
{
...
}

smithdale87

ASKER

Still getting the same error

smithdale87

ASKER

Figured it out.
I had an outer repeater that had an itemTemplate and AlternatingItemTemplate. The ItemTemplate was posted above. It was missing the "runat='server'". I failed to realize that the Alternating template also needed the same thing.

Again thanks for your help


<AlternatingItemTemplate>
<tr>
                <asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="repProperties" OnItemDataBound="repProperties_ItemDataBound"
                    EnableViewState="true">
                    <ItemTemplate>
                        <td ID="litPropertyCell" runat="server">
                            <asp:Literal ID="litProperty" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
                        </td>
                    </ItemTemplate>
                </asp:Repeater>
            </tr>
</AlternatingItemTemplate>

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