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how to put the current logged user on databound field

I have a details view with all databound fields

there is one field named ModifiedBy that I want to assign the current logged user to

<asp:BoundField DataField="ModifiedBy" HeaderText="Modified By" SortExpression="ModifiedBy" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" ReadOnly="true" />

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I am trying to do it this way in the code behind:

    Private Sub dvRecipeItem_DataBound(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles dvRecipeItem.DataBound

        Dim strModifiedBy As String = System.Web.Security.Membership.GetUser.UserName.Trim
        CType(Me.dvRecipeItem.Rows(0).FindControl("ModifiedBy"), TextBox).Text = strModifiedBy
    End Sub

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but I get a:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

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CType(Me.dvRecipeItem.Rows(0).FindControl("ModifiedBy"), TextBox).Text = strModifiedBy

Would anyone be able to offer some help on what is my problem?

thank you

Carl Tawn

I would imagine that it isn't able to find a control called "ModifiedBy" in the first row. Either that or it isn't able to convert it to a textbox.

Can you post the markup that is produced for that field at runtime? Either that or you could try something like:

CType(Me.dvRecipeItem.Rows(0).Cells(IndexOfYourBoundCell).Controls(0), TextBox).Text = strModifiedBy

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metropia

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here is the html:

<table id="ContentPlaceHolder1_dvRecipeItem">
	<tr><td>Id</td><td>8</td></tr>
	<tr><td>Item Number</td><td>10441</td></tr>
	<tr><td>VersionNumber</td><td>6</td></tr>
	<tr><td>Modified Date Time</td><td>7/12/2013 17:00:00</td></tr>
	<tr><td>Modified By</td><td>enard@clove.net</td></tr>
</table>

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the aspx (right now the value comes from the entity data source

<Fields>
<asp:BoundField DataField="Id" HeaderText="Id" ReadOnly="True" SortExpression="Id" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ItemNumber" HeaderText="Item Number" SortExpression="ItemNumber" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="VersionNumber" HeaderText="VersionNumber" SortExpression="VersionNumber" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="ModifiedDateTime" HeaderText="Modified Date Time" SortExpression="ModifiedDateTime" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" ReadOnly="true"/>
<asp:BoundField DataField="ModifiedBy" HeaderText="Modified By" SortExpression="ModifiedBy" ApplyFormatInEditMode="True" ReadOnly="true" />
</Fields>

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vb.net code

Private Sub dvRecipeItem_DataBound(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles dvRecipeItem.DataBound

Dim strModifiedBy As String = System.Web.Security.Membership.GetUser.UserName.Trim
CType(Me.dvRecipeItem.Rows(4).FindControl("ModifiedBy"), TextBox).Text = strModifiedBy

End Sub

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Thank you.

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metropia

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Yes, that was the fix. although I had to replace .Value with .Text at the end

Thank you!