Collecting values from gridview

[fawkes]

I have a gridview with a textbox that users can enter information into

<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Filter Text">
                        <ItemTemplate>
                            <asp:TextBox ID="CriteriaTextBox" runat="server" EnableViewState="true"></asp:TextBox>
                        </ItemTemplate>
                    </asp:TemplateField>

But I can't seem to access the information entered

Dim gridText As TextBox
        gridText = CType(GridView1.Rows(0).FindControl("CriteriaTextBox"), TextBox)

gridText always returns as Nothing, can anyone shed some light on this, I'm probably doing something very basic that is wrong.

 

[jbenson001]

At what point are you trying to get the value? In what event are you running the code you posted?

 

[smbrown]

This has worked for me:

gridText = CType(GridView1.Rows(0).Cell(0).FindControl("CriteriaTextBox"), TextBox).Text

SMBrown