FormView.FindControl() returns null until DataBind()

Question

Why method FindControl() returns null on FormView until call DataBind().

After that it returns everything correctly?

What workaround are there?

Call DataBind() before first call of FindControl() ?

Answer 1

How would a FormView have any information about its content before it has any data to build it upon?

So I guess you already answered your own question, you will have to DataBind() before.

Answer 2

Either explicitly call DataBind(), or place your code in the DataBound event of the FormView.