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How to find Button in GridView edit template

Hi all,
I have gridview1 with template columns.
In one of the columns I have gridView2 with template columns too. In the edittemplate, gridview2, I have a button (insertDateCodeButton) and I want to set the commandArgument of that button to e.Row.RowIndex. How do I "find" insertdateCodeButton?
I am using:

Protected Sub GridView2_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs)

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then

If e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Edit Then

CType(e.Row.FindControl("addNewDateCodeButton"), Button).CommandArgument = e.Row.RowIndex

End If

End If

End Sub

The if statement is true for only row number:0,2,4 , etc... How do i get the alternate rows?
Thank you !

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ki_ki

ASKER

Thank you wht1986,

"e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) && ((e.Row.RowState & DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0))" is the same as what I already have (in vb.net):
" If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow Then
If e.Row.RowState = DataControlRowState.Edit Then "
Am I missing something?

wht1986

it's not the same, look at the code

(e.Row.RowState & DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0

is a bitwise compare

the problem is on alternate rows, the row state is actually a combination of edit and alternate row states, so what the above statement does is looks at the bit mask for just the edit portion to see if it is set

ki_ki

ASKER

I converted your c# code wrongly to vb.net.

But now it works:

If e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow And (e.Row.RowState And DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0 Then
CType(e.Row.FindControl("addNewDateCodeButton"), Button).CommandArgument = e.Row.RowIndex
End If

Thank you!!!!!!

ki_ki

ASKER

Thank you!

wht1986

Here's the VB.NET Version

    Protected Sub GridView1_RowDataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRowEventArgs) Handles GridView1.RowDataBound
        If ((e.Row.RowType = DataControlRowType.DataRow) And ((e.Row.RowState And DataControlRowState.Edit) > 0)) Then
            Dim btn As Button = e.Row.FindControl("insertDateCodeButton")
            btn.CommandArgument = e.Row.RowIndex.ToString()
            btn.Text = e.Row.RowIndex.ToString()
        End If
    End Sub

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wht1986

Cool glad you got it working :)