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    copied!<p>So I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong here, but my code is clearly not working. I have my list view doing everything that I need, except that when I use the <code>ListView.FindControl()</code> method, and then set a property on that control, it give me an <code>Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</code> error. Here is my code:</p> <p>ASPX</p> <pre><code>&lt;p class="rates-title"&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;asp:Literal ID="currentDate" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:Literal&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt; Todays Rates&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span class="rates-arrow sprite"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;asp:ListView ID="RatesList" ItemPlaceholderID="RSSPlaceholder" runat="server"&gt; &lt;LayoutTemplate&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;asp:PlaceHolder ID="RSSPlaceholder" runat="server"&gt;&lt;/asp:PlaceHolder&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;asp:HyperLink ID="AllRatesLink" CssClass="all-rates" runat="server"&gt; View All Rates&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/asp:HyperLink&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/LayoutTemplate&gt; &lt;ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;div class="rate-text"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;%# Eval("Name") %&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="rate"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;%# Eval("InitialRate") %&gt;%&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;%# Eval("Apr") %&gt; &lt;a href="#rates-box-&lt;%# Eval("Id") %&gt;" class="todays-rates-click-side sprite"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class="todays-rates-rollover"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;%# Eval("ContentTruncated") %&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ItemTemplate&gt; &lt;/asp:ListView&gt; </code></pre> <p>Code Behind</p> <pre><code> currentDate.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM.dd.yy"); HyperLink allRatesLink = (HyperLink)RatesList.FindControl("AllRatesLink"); allRatesLink.Text = "hello"; </code></pre> <p>So the weird thing is that <code>currentDate</code> works just fine, the data that I use (elsewhere in my codebehind) works just fine for iterating through the list, but as soon as I set any property on the <code>allRatesLink</code> control, it gives the object reference not set error. Any ideas/help on this one?</p>
 

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