Hi All,

I have a GridView and inside this GridView I only have one TemplateField. Inside this TemplateField, I have plenty of textboxes. Values of these textboxes are extracted from the database.

One of the textboxes is called txt_CarFeatures (this is the ID). Value of this textbox is extracted from the database, using Bind("CarFeatures"). There is no problem populating the value into the textbox.

My problem is how to get the value from the textbox.
I am trying to get the value from this txt_CarFeatures textbox and use it for something else.
For example: after getting populated, txt_CarFeatures has "abcd123" in it.  I am trying to get this "abcd123" and use it for something else.

I did some research and found some information about FindControl. But I have no idea how to use it and not sure whether this is the solution.

Please advise. Thanks.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the response.
What is "e" referring to?
Anyway I tried your solution with a slight modification since I couldn't figure out what "e" is. Here's what I did:

Dim Car_Features As Textbox= CType(gridview_Details.FindControl("txt_CarFeatures"), Textbox)
Dim test as String

test = Car_Features.Text

It returned the following error:
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

For your info, gridview_Details is the ID of the GridView.