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Thanks both I can see how both these would work, before i posted this i tried puting the value in a session varible.<br />
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My problem is my label Called 'LabelDesc' is in a table Called 'ProductTable' which is in a form called 'formview1' <br />
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How do i access it? and which out of the 3 options is best?<br />
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Session(&quot;ProductDescpripti<wbr />on&quot;) &nbsp;= &nbsp;LabelDesc.text &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; does not work coz in a form<br />
Session(&quot;ProductDescpripti<wbr />on&quot;) &nbsp;= &nbsp;formview1.LabelDesc.text &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;does not work<br />
Dim MyLabel as Label = CType(webcontrol.findcontr<wbr />ol(&quot;LabelD<wbr />esc&quot;),Labe<wbr />l) does not work<br />
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Please help.<br />
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Use the following<br />
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Dim MyLabel As Label = FormView1.Findcontrol(&quot;Pro<wbr />ductTable&quot;<wbr />).FindCont<wbr />rol(&quot;Label<wbr />Desc&quot;)<br />
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Remember to add error handling
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CodeCruiser, Once again thank you. Just to finish I now see how both work. Which would you say is best<br />
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using:<br />
Public ReadOnly Property ProductDescpription() As String<br />
Get<br />
&nbsp;Return _ProductDescpription<br />
End Get<br />
End Property<br />
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Or <br />
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Dim MyLabel As Label = FormView1.FindControl(&quot;Lab<wbr />elDesc&quot;)<br />
Session(&quot;ProductDescpripti<wbr />on&quot;) = MyLabel.Text
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You are welcome.<br />
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Both approaches are fine. With the second approach, you would need to add error handling to make sure that a label is found before you try to access it.
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Hi I have a user control within a web page. The page is filled with data using the sqldatasource.<br />
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On the main page I am using Text='&lt;%# Eval(&quot;ShortDescription&quot;) %&gt;'<br />
And from within the usercontrol on the same page I want to be able to get the ShortDescription on the parent page.<br />
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I know i could probable do this using varibles but there must be an easy way!!!
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Hi I have a user control within a web page. The page is filled with data using the sqldatasource.

On the main page I am using Text='<%# Eval("ShortDescription") %>'
And from within the usercontrol on the same page I want to be able to get the ShortDescription on the parent page.

I know i could probable do this using varibles but there must be an easy way!!!

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