findcontrol in ascx issue

Question

User-125499312 posted

i have a web control here is my code

<asp:TableCell ID="tdGiftRegistryVendorItemShippingBoxLabel1" runat="server" CssClass="LabelTextSmall2" />

in code behind

CType(Page.FindControl("tdGiftRegistryVendorItemShippingBoxLabel1"), TableCell).Text = Now.ToLongTimeString

when i try it i get object reference not set to an instance of an object

thx for ur help

Answer 1

User839733648 posted

Hi yzidell,

You are getting Object reference not set to an instance of an object because TableCell is NULL or NOTHING.

It is always good practice to check for NULL or NOTHING when you are dealing with objects.

Besides, it seems that you want to set the TableCell's Text as NowTime according to your code,. 

I suggest that you could just find the id of TableCell and set the Text of it as the following code.

 tdGiftRegistryVendorItemShippingBoxLabel1.Text = Now.ToLongTimeString

result:

Best Regards,

Jenifer