Thread: reference control from nested repeater

when i change:

Code:

For categoryCount = 0 To rpActiveCategory.Items.Count - 1

            Dim rpSubCategory As Repeater = CType(rpActiveCategory.Items(categoryCount).FindControl("rpActiveSubCategory"), Repeater)
            For subcategoryCount = 0 To rpSubCategory.Items.Count - 1

                Dim rpSpecs As Repeater = CType(rpSubCategory.Items(subcategoryCount).FindControl("rpActiveSpecs"), Repeater)
                For specsCount = 0 To rpSpecs.Items.Count - 1

to:

Code:

For categoryCount = 0 To rpActiveCategory.Items.Count - 1

            Dim rpSubCategory As Repeater = CType(rpActiveCategory.Items(categoryCount).FindControl("rpActiveSubCategory"), Repeater)
            For subcategoryCount = 0 To rpSubCategory.Items.Count - 1

                Dim rpSpecs As Repeater = CType(rpSubCategory.Items(subcategoryCount).FindControl("rpActiveSpecs"), Repeater)
                For Each Item as RepeaterItem in rpSpecs.Items

I get the same error

I also changed them all to look like your example and then i got some error
pertaining to item, saying it hides a enclosing block or summing to that effect?

Shem

this is the example i was going against:

Code:

I have It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.  
I Set another loop inside the parent loop.
       
       Dim nCount As Integer = 0
        Dim nchildCount as Integer = 0
        For nCount = 0 To ParentRepeater.Items.Count -1
           Dim Repeater1 as DataList= CType(ParentRepeater.Items(ncount).FindControl("childrepeater"), DataList)

           For nChildCount = 0 to Repeater1.Items.Count -1
                Dim cb as Checkbox = CType(Repeater1.Items(nchildCount).FindControl("chkbox1"), CheckBox)
                If cb.Checked then
                    lstSelected.Items.Add(cb.text)            '
                End if
           Next
        Next

is there anyway I could achieve this with just one repeater?
I don't have time to sit on issues this long?

Shem

nested in this order:

1. rpActiveCategory
2. rpActiveSubCategory
3. rpActiveSpecs

rpActiveSubCategory is populted in rpActiveCategory's OnItemDataBound,
but i need to be able to populate rpSpecs in a seperate sub via calling it
as i need it populated in 2 diff places, also i need to reference rpActiveSpecs
controls in another seperate sub that deals with sorting by columns.

and it seems impossible to reference rpActiveSpecs controls outside of OnItemDataBound

what i mean by that is have my databind code in a sub that i can call to
bind data to rpActiveSpecs.

logic for this is if some other sub eg Update sub, updates or changes
data, i want to re-populate rpActiveSpecs so that it shows the latest(updated)
data.

make sense?

anywho, i might be on to something, will let ya know if it works