How can I access a ButtonFields text

I'm trying to access text from a ButtonField(databound), but I can't get the text if I refer to it as a TableCell. What can I do to get its text?

<asp:GridView ID="gvClass" runat="server" CssClass="grid" HeaderStyle-Font-Bold="true" Width="100%" OnSelectedIndexChanged="gvClass_SelectedIndexChanged" DataKeyNames="ClassID" AutoGenerateColumns="False" OnPageIndexChanging="gvClass_PageIndexChanging">

<asp:ButtonField DataTextField="ClassID" HeaderText="Class ID" CommandName="Select" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="CourseName" HeaderText="Course Name" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="WarehouseName" DataFormatString="Warehouse" HeaderText="Warehouse" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="TrainerNames" HeaderText="Trainer(s)" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="StartTime" HeaderText="Start Time" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Duration" HeaderText="Duration" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Course Category" HeaderText="Course Category" />

<asp:BoundField DataField="Comment" HeaderText="Comment" />

</Columns>

<span class="italic grey">No Record Found</span>

</EmptyDataTemplate>

</asp:GridView>

Code-behind:

foreach (GridViewRow gvr in gvClass.Rows)

{

foreach (TableCell tc in gvr.Cells)

{

stringToAppend = tc.Text;

sb.Append(PRTL_UtilityPackage.FormatHtmlCharacters(stringToAppend) + " \t");

}

sb.Append("\\n");

}

The foreach (TableCell tc in gvr.Cells) comes up with an empty string when looking at the ButtonField.

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Updated on 26-Aug-2014

protected void myGridView_DataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        // You may have to play with the index of the control
        // I have found that often a GridView will place a
        // Literal control as Control[0] and the LinkButton
        // as Control[1]. Once you find the index, it won't
        // change.
        LinkButton btn = (LinkButton)e.Row.Cells[0].Controls[1];
        string text = btn.Text;
    }
}

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How can I access a ButtonFields text

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