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    copied!<p>I want to get text from literal that is inside a gridview, </p> <p>But when i run the program, exception through </p> <p>Unable to cast object of type System.Web.UI.LiteralControl to type System.Web.UI.DataBoundLiteralControl.</p> <p><strong>.aspx code:</strong> </p> <pre><code>&lt;asp:GridView ID="gridview3" runat="server" OnRowDataBound="RowDataBound" DataKeyNames="qno" AutoGenerateColumns="false" ShowFooter="true" OnRowCancelingEdit="cancel" OnRowCommand="create" OnRowDeleting="delete" OnRowEditing="edit" OnRowUpdating="update"&gt; &lt;Columns&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Selection"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:CheckBox ID="check1" runat="server"/&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ID" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Label ID="id7" runat="server" Text='&lt;%#Eval("assessid") %&gt;' &gt;&lt;/asp:Label&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Qno" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:DropDownList AppendDataBoundItems="true" AutoPostBack="true" ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"&gt; &lt;asp:ListItem &gt;&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt; &lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="description" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Literal ID="id6" runat="server" Text='&lt;%#Eval("description") %&gt;' &gt; &lt;/asp:Literal&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" Text='&lt;%#Eval("description") %&gt;' runat="server" &gt;&lt;/asp:TextBox&gt; &lt;/EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:TextBox ID="TextBox3" runat="server" &gt;&lt;/asp:TextBox&gt; &lt;/FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="strongagree" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;EditItemTemplate&gt; = &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Action" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton5" Text="Edit" CommandName="edit" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:LinkButton&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" Text="update" CommandName="update" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:LinkButton&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton3" Text="cancel" CommandName="cancel" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:LinkButton&gt; &lt;/EditItemTemplate&gt; &lt;FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton7" Text="DeleteAll" CommandName="delete" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:LinkButton&gt; &lt;/FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;asp:TemplateField HeaderText="" Visible="true"&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton23" Text="delete" CommandName="delete" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:LinkButton&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;asp:Button ID="bdh" Text="insert " CommandName="insert" runat="server" /&gt; &lt;/FooterTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:TemplateField&gt; &lt;/Columns&gt; &lt;FooterStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /&gt; &lt;HeaderStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="White" /&gt; &lt;PagerStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" ForeColor="#333333" HorizontalAlign="Center" /&gt; &lt;RowStyle BackColor="#FFFBD6" ForeColor="#333333" /&gt; &lt;SelectedRowStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Navy" /&gt; &lt;SortedAscendingCellStyle BackColor="#FDF5AC" /&gt; &lt;SortedAscendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#4D0000" /&gt; &lt;SortedDescendingCellStyle BackColor="#FCF6C0" /&gt; &lt;SortedDescendingHeaderStyle BackColor="#820000" /&gt; &lt;/asp:GridView&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>code behind</strong></p> <pre><code>protected void RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e) { if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) { string percentage = ((LiteralControl)e.Row.Cells[2].Controls[0]).Text; } } </code></pre>
 

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