One of the way would be to pass the ID of the selected record as a QueryString.

>As a .NET total newbie, can someone tell me how to capture a value from the preceeding page control? Something like :
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>myvalue = request.gridview1.value    ???
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>And would the code properly be placed in the load event of the second page if we wanted to use the value to establish a control on the new page?
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>Specifically, page1 has a grid where the user selects a record. Control is then transferred to page2 which contains a formview that displays the record details.
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>Thanks