ASP. NET1.1 VB buttoncolumn DataTextField value

[kramer]

I need to get the DataTextField from a buttoncolum when its clicked

<ASP:BUTTONCOLUMN
HeaderStyle-Width="90
DataTextField="ID" HeaderText="ID"
CommandName="RunCommand" ButtonType =LinkButton ></ASP:BUTTONCOLUMN>

I tried

Dim str As String = e.Item.Cells(0).Text

but this comes back empty....

I have a hangover

[HankWangford]

I need to get the DataTextField from a buttoncolum when its clicked

<ASP:BUTTONCOLUMN
HeaderStyle-Width="90
DataTextField="ID" HeaderText="ID"
CommandName="RunCommand" ButtonType =LinkButton ></ASP:BUTTONCOLUMN>

I tried

Dim str As String = e.Item.Cells(0).Text

but this comes back empty....

I have a hangover

is viewstate disabled ? or is viewstate loaded by the time you are requesting the value??

[Weltchy]

Um, Button Column doesnt have a datatextfield property does it? I would just throw the value in as a datakey and refer to that instead by column index or name, which ever one you prefer!!!

Or you could specify the CommandArgs property using <%# Container.DataItem("FieldName") #>. If its a dataset as the datasource, then strongly type it as a System.Data.DataRowView. Dont use Eval, and it has huge overheads!!!!!

[kramer]

done it

Dim str As String = CType(e.Item.Cells(0).Controls(0), LinkButton).Text