How to access dynamically created items in a repeater?

Manoj Bhatt 1956 03-Sep-2014

I have a repeater:

<asp:repeater id="someID" runat="server">

<asp:hyperlink id=<%# Eval("ID")%> runat="server"></asp:hyperlink>

</ItemTemplate>

</asp:repeater>

I need to get reference to each hyperlink and access to the attributes of it.

On ItemDataBound, how do I go ahead and access a hyperlink whose ID is just being set? If I had a fixed ID for the hyperlink, that wouldn't be a problem. But since the I need the ID to also be assigned dynamically, I kinda got lost in finding the way.

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Updated on 03-Sep-2014

private void rptMyTest_ItemDataBound(object sender,RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
    {
        if(e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem || e.Item.ItemType ==ListItemType.Item)
        {
            Control control = e.Item.FindControl("ID_OF_YOUR_CONTROL") as Control;
            if(control != null)
            {
                var dataItem = e.Item.DataItem as MYITEMTYPE;
                if(DateTime.Now > dataItem.DateYouNeedToCheck)
                    control.ToolTip = "from the past";
              //ALL THE MAGIC HAPPENS HERE
            }
        }
    }

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How to access dynamically created items in a repeater?

Manoj Bhatt

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