DotNet Snippets^1.0

Let's say you have a GridView and you have the RowCommand defined to a function. We often want to get access to the controls in the Row so as to see what values the user selected. Here is an example:

protected void GridView1Items_RowCommand(object sender, GridViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.CommandName == "ViewList")
    {
        // Here is the trick to get access to the Row.
        GridViewRow row = (GridViewRow)((Control)e.CommandSource).Parent.Parent;
	// Now we can access a dropdown for example and get the selected value.
        DropDownList ddLists = (DropDownList)row.FindControl("DropDownLists");
	int listId = Convert.ToInt32(ddLists.SelectedValue);
	PreviewList1.ListId = listId;
    }

This comes in handy almost any time you want to override the GridView's default behavior for editing / inserting data.