Find Control on webform

[Terick]

Hi, I have a button on my webform that I need to access from my user control code behind, not the page on which the button resides, but I'm not sure how I find it. I've thought it would be something like this, but this doesnt work: Button button=(Button)FindControl("btn"); Thanks!

[J4amieC]

Have you tried Page.FindControl("..")?

[Terick]

Yes have tried that: Button button=(Button)Page.FindControl("btn"); The Page will return the correct page, but nothing gets assigned to button, so I am getting nullReferenceException error.

[Terick]

When I drill down into the error, into the Page property, the Page directs itself correctly and the button is listed under the [ASP.Page_aspx] base but there is no FindControl option listed. Any ideas as to why this is?

[Rutvik Dave]

I hope that Button is not in the ContentPlaceHolder and you are not using MasterPages. Try Page.Parent.FindControl() If that button is inside the ContentPlaceHolder then stack trace and find the actual value for that button. something like xxxxxctl001_btn. then first find the content place holder (or any other container) using container c = Page.FindControl('container') and then c.FindControl('btn') PS: container means any container i.e. Panel / ContentPlaceHolder etc...

[Terick]

Yes! That was my problem. I was not referencing the Master Page and ContentPlaceHolder. Thank you for pointing that out to me.