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controlparameter not found

Error: Could not find control 'mytextfield' in ControlParameter 'mycontrolparam'.

<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="mytextfield" Name="mycontrolparam" PropertyName="Text" Type="Int32" />

The error is because "mytextfield" is inside a panel control and I would need FindControl method to find it. But I want to find a quick solution if there is any, how to make mytextfield visible to the control parameter. The same code works on a different page but not on this one. Please keep in mind, I want to make minimum changes to the existing code.

Here is similar code I copied over from Microsoft site.

<asp:SqlDataSource id="Employees" runat="server"
  ConnectionString="<%$ ConnectionStrings:Northwind%>"
  SelectCommand="SELECT LastName FROM Employees WHERE Title = @Title">
  <SelectParameters>
    <asp:ControlParameter Name="Title" 
      ControlID="DropDownList1"
      PropertyName="SelectedValue"/>
  </SelectParameters>
</asp:sqldatasource>

Want to mention: 'mytextfield' is a readonly textfield. It does work OK on the other page though.

Solution

  • Myself: If a control is embedded inside a panel, you can only find it through FindControl method of that panel. It still actually did not work for me and I had to abandon it and use a a different method.

    Use the following method otherwise

    FindControl("MyControlID")