>in RowDataBound method produces null as view, though I can see DataItem for the Row and all the columns while executing line by line.
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>Do you see what may be wrong here?
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>Same code works fine in another Grid. The difference here is that this grid uses DataObject as its DataSource, doesn't have

See my other reply. You need to cast to the correct type. When you're trying to debug this sort of thing, I'd suggest setting a breakpoint at the point in this code. Click on the Watch tab at the bottom and enter e.Row.DataItem - the debugger should show it's actual type to the right of the variable value (if you're not sure what you need to cast to).