Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Please Help

I have the following code ..

Dim

getDateCMP231As Label

getDateETH325 =

CType(FormView1.FindControl("ETH325DateLabel.text"), Label)
txtETH235.Text = getDateETH325.Text.ToString

Which throws out the following error below. I cannot seem to find the problem.

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description:An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

Line 80: Line 81: getDateETH325 = CType(FormView1.FindControl("ETH325DateLabel.text"), Label)Line 82: txtETH235.Text = getDateETH325.Text.ToStringLine 83: Line 84: getDateETH212 = CType(FormView1.FindControl("ETH212DateLabel"), Label)

I hate these errors -- got a lot of experience with them and thankfully, I think yours is easy...change line 81 to

.FindControl("ETH325DateLabel"), Label)

(dump the .text)

She still no work.

The thing is I have the same type of code on another page (below) and that works, no problem. I am pulling the little hair that i already have trying to sort this out.

Any idea's

Dim

getFNameAs Label

getFName =

CType(FormView1.FindControl("FirstNameLabel"), Label)

firstName.Text = getFName.Text

Try this ...see if you get a different result.

Private departmentAs String =CType(FormView1.FindControl("Label1"), TextBox).Text

There is an error message on 'Private' saying '"Private" is not valid on a local variable declaration '

One thing to add to your code is a try/catch block: it could be that the FindControl does return null (if the control is not found). Therefore, I suggest to put these 2 lines in a try catch block.

HTH

I may be being dumb, but you seem to have several variables used in this bit of code and I think you may be getting confused between them.

You declare "getDateCMP231" as a label, butdon't appear to use it!

You do the assignment "getDateETH325 =CType(FormView1.FindControl("ETH325DateLabel.text"), Label)" but what is "getDateETH325" where is it declared? Is this supposed to be "getDateCMP231"?

Then you assign the text in the label control "ETH325DateLabel" to "txtETH235.text" which I assume is a control on your page.

Try looking carefully at the naming of the controls/variables and see if you are getting mixed up!

Thanks, I managed to sort it out, but i don't know why it works.

I moved the variable declaration (below), just below the "Inherits System.Web.UI.Page" and it works. I tried to move it back to the sub procedure and again i get the error. Thanks again

Dim getDateETH325As Label

Thanks, I managed to sort it out, but i don't know why it works.

I moved the variable declaration (below), just below the "Inherits System.Web.UI.Page" and it works. I tried to move it back to the sub procedure and again i get the error. Thanks again

Dim getDateETH325As Label