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    copied!<p>Am not sure why I cannot access my Label control which was inside the Panel and the Panel is inside the DataList</p> <pre> &lt;asp:DataList ID="DataList2" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" Width="100%"> &lt;ItemTemplate> &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> &lt;tr> &lt;!-- post details --> &lt;td style="width: 60%"> &lt;asp:Panel ID="panelPostDetails" runat="server" CssClass="postpage_details"> &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> &lt;tr> &lt;td colspan="2">&lt;div class="postpage_header">&lt;%# Eval("Heading") %>&lt;/div>&lt;/td> &lt;/tr> &lt;tr> &lt;td> &lt;img src="picserver/posts/&lt;%# Eval("ImagePath") %>/1.jpg" alt="preview" style="width: 240px;" /> &lt;div id="morepictures"> &lt;asp:Label ID="lblMorePictures" runat="server" /> &lt;/div> &lt;/td> &lt;td> &lt;div style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;"> &lt;div> more stuff here &lt;/div> &lt;/div> &lt;/td> &lt;/tr> &lt;/table> &lt;/asp:Panel> &lt;asp:RoundedCornersExtender ID="RoundedCornersExtender1" runat="server" Radius="6" Corners="All" TargetControlID="panelPostDetails">&lt;/asp:RoundedCornersExtender> &lt;/td> &lt;/tr> &lt;/table> &lt;/ItemTemplate> &lt;/asp:DataList> </pre> <p>but when I tried using "lbl" in Page_Load, it seems it cannot find the control? can you please help me?</p> <pre> ItemDataBound and Page_Load event --------------------------------- Panel p = DataList2.FindControl("panelPostDetails") as Panel; Label l = p.FindControl("lblMorePictures") as Label; l.Text = code; </pre> <p>that code returns <b>Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</b></p> <p>Thanks in advance</p> <p>update:</p> <pre> ItemDataBound and Page_Load event --------------------------------- Panel p = DataList2.FindControl("panelPostDetails") as Panel; if(p==null) { System.Diagnostic.Debug.WriteLine("panel does not exist"); } else { System.Diagnostic.Debug.WriteLine("panel does exist"); } output: panel does not exist </pre> <p>what on earth is going on!?!</p>
 

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