>>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
>   }
>}
>

Mike that doesn't build as I get

'System.EventArgs' does not contain a definition for 'FindControl' and no extension method 'FindControl' accepting a first argument of type 'System.EventArgs' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

Also my problem is that control is not being found so it would still return null.

Nick