ASP.NET, VB: how to access controls inside a FormView from the code behind?

Question

I have a checkbox and a panel inside of a FormView control, and I need to access them from the code behind in order to use the checkbox to determine whether or not the panel

Answer 1

With FormView, you have to use find control, as in:

CheckBox checkGenEd = (CheckBox)formview1.FindControl("checkGenEd");
Panel panelOutcome = (Panel)formview1.FindControl("panelOutcome");

You cannot reference a control directly by ID.

HTH.