Good point. Here is what I am working with. It is nothing fancy

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Web.Script.Services;
using System.Web.Services;

using DotNetNuke;
using DotNetNuke.Common.Utilities;
using DotNetNuke.Security;
using DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions;
using DotNetNuke.Services.Localization;
using DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules;
using DotNetNuke.Entities.Modules.Actions;
using DotNetNuke.Entities.Users.Social;
using DotNetNuke.Services.Social.Notifications;
using Telerik.Web.UI;
using Photojima_FacebookFriends;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data;
using DotNetNuke.Entities.Users;

namespace Friends 
{

    partial class Friends : PortalModuleBase, IActionable  
    {

        FriendsLinqDataContext lqDataContext = new FriendsLinqDataContext();
        #region "Event Handlers"
        private List<string> listOfFriends = new List<string>();
        private List<UserInfo> FriendList = new List<UserInfo>();
        private int FriendId{get;set;}
        protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            if (IsPostBack && !Page.IsCallback)
            {
                if (lvFriends.Items.Count != 0)
                {
                    foreach (ListViewDataItem item in lvFriends.Items)
                    {
                        CheckBox cbAddFriend = item.FindControl("cbAddFriend") as CheckBox;
                        if (cbAddFriend != null)
                        {
                            if (cbAddFriend.Checked)
                            {
                             
                                HiddenField hfFriendId = item.FindControl("hfFriendId") as HiddenField;
                                FriendId = Convert.ToInt32(hfFriendId.Value);
                                UserInfo InitiatingUser = UserController.GetUserById(PortalSettings.PortalId, UserInfo.UserID);
                                UserInfo TargetUser = UserController.GetUserById(PortalSettings.PortalId, FriendId);
                                FriendList.Add(TargetUser);
                            }
                        }
                       
                    }
                    
                }
                List<testResult> getFriends = (from i in lqDataContext.test(base.UserId) select i).ToList();
                lvFriends.DataSource = getFriends;
                lvFriends.DataBind();
            }
           
        }

Thanks again for all the help

Ok so - what is in thisFriendId = after you do the convert on hfFriendId.

I dont see anywhere in your code that actually puts code into hfFriendId - what does hfFriendId.Value return. Is it the value you expected. In fact is it even finding this hfFriendId hidden field.

Also not sure what you are using to create this code - but if this is a properly setup aspx with codebehind - you should not need to look for the hidden field - it should be part of the page.

There does not seem to be any dynamic code in the sounce that is creating the hgFieldId - so i assume its part of the Friend.aspx layout - if so as a partial class you should be able to address it directly without any need to do a lookup.

Westa

hfFriendID is a hidden field within the item template of a asp:ListView and its value is populated I actually can see that 

thisFriendId has a value in it when in debug

UserInfo TargetUser = UserController.GetUserById(PortalSettings.PortalId, thisFriendId);