>Hi
>
>I've got a dropdownlist in the edittemplate of a listview.
>
>I want to set an initial value for the dropdownlist but can't find it.
>I'm trying to set it here.
>But this returns null
>This isn't all the code but shows where I'm trying to access the dropdownlist.
>
>Any thoughts on the best place to get this value set ?
>

You almost had it, try this instead:

protected void DropDownList2_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   DropDownList newstypelkup = e.FindControl("DropDownList2") as DropDownList;
   if (newstypelkup != null)
   {
      // Set value here
   }
}