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find Countrol inside itemTemplate of Gridview without Gridview Events

i have a Textbox inside ItemTemplate of a Gridview.. i need to find that textbox without using RowDatabound or any other event of Gridview
aspx
<asp:GridView ID="gv_Others" runat="server" AutoGenerateColumns="false">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField >
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" VerticalAlign="Middle" />
<ItemTemplate >
<asp:TextBox ID="txtEmp" runat="server" Width=100% Height=22px CssClass="input"></asp:TextBox>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
aspx.cs
protected void Insert_OtherServices()
{
dsJobCardTableAdapters.Select_OtherServiceTableAdapter dsother = new dsJobCardTableAdapters.Select_OtherServiceTableAdapter();
int count = 0;
foreach (GridViewRow row in gv_Others.Rows)
{
//string b = (row.Cells[0].Controls[0] as DataBoundLiteralControl).Text;
//TextBox a = gv_Others.Rows[count].Cells[0].FindControl("txtEmp") as TextBox;
// string test = a.Text;
//TextBox other = (TextBox)gv_Others.Rows[count].FindControl("txtEmp");
TextBox other = (TextBox)gv_Others.TemplateControl.FindControl("txtEmp");
dsother.Insert_OtherService(other.Text);
count++;
}
}
is there any alternative to get the value from textbox which is inside the item template of Gridview

Do you mean that you want to find text box values without looping through GridView rows? If is is the case, jQuery/javascript can be used to achieve this.
Read all text box values on the client-side. You can find more information on how to do this here
Pass these values along with the postback request using a hidden field. Read and use the hidden field value inside your method.

How to Pass TextBox input to a gridview in asp.net?

I have two textbox and one gridview in my webform. The gridview is binded with database. But I want to add one more column on runtime which will be the textbox input from the webform. Because the scenario is like: I am maintaining two formula to calculate some percentage using the two textbox and the client wants to see this calculation for each row in the gridview.
But I cannot do this.
Is there anyone who can help me on this please? May be some suggestion.
Thanks in advance.

You could add the column in your GridView markup with a label control to display the result as follows.
Here is the markup needed, please note Visible is set to false.
<asp:GridView ID="GridView1" runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField Visible="false">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
Use the RowDataBound event to find the label and calculate your result as below:
void GridView1GridView_RowDataBound(Object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
if(e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
{
//find the control
var label1 = e.Item.FindControl("label1") as Label;
if (label1 != null)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(tbInput1.Text) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(tbInput2.Text))
{
// Do the calculation and set the label
label1.Text = tbInput1.Text + tbInput2.Text;
// Make the column visible
GridView1.Columns[0].Visible = true;
}
}
}
}
Please forgive any errors, I have not tested the above.

Return Gridview Checkbox boolean

I've racked my brains on trying to access the ID column of a gridview where a user selects a checkbox:
<asp:GridView ID="gvUserFiles" runat="server">
<Columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Select" ItemStyle-HorizontalAlign="Center" >
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="chkSelect" runat="server" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</Columns>
</asp:GridView>
The gridview columns are chkSelect (checkbox), Id, fileName, CreateDate
When a user checks a checkbox, and presses a button, i want to receive the "id" column value.
Here is my code for the button:
foreach (GridViewRow row in gvUserFiles.Rows)
{
var test1 = row.Cells[0].FindControl("chkSelect");
CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)(row.Cells[0].FindControl("chkSelect"));
//chk = (CheckBox)(rowItem.Cells[0].FindControl("chk1"));
if (cb != null && cb.Checked)
{
bool test = true;
}
}
The cb.checked always is returned false.

The Checkboxes being always unchecked can be a problem of DataBinding. Be sure you are not DataBinding the GridView before the button click event is called. Sometimes people stick the DataBinding on the Page_load event and then it keeps DataBinding on every PostBack. As it is called before the button click, it can make direct influence.
When the GridView is DataBound you lose all the state that came from the page.
If you Databind the GridView on the Page_load, wrap it verifying !IsPostBack:
if (!IsPostBack)
{
gvUserFiles.DataSource = data;
gvUserFiles.DataBind();
}
If that is not your case, you can try verifying the checked property based on the Request.Form values:
protected void button_OnClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach (GridViewRow row in gvUserFiles.Rows)
{
CheckBox cb = (CheckBox)row.FindControl("chkSelect");
if (cb != null)
{
bool ckbChecked = Request.Form[cb.UniqueID] == "on";
if (ckbChecked)
{
//do stuff
}
}
}
}
The Checked value of a CheckBox is sent by the browser as the value "on". And if it is not checked in the browser, nothing goes on the request.

You can achieve it using datakey like this
Add Datakey to your gridview
<asp:GridView ID="gvUserFiles" runat="server" DataKeyNames="Id">
and get it server side like this
string value = Convert.ToString(this.gvUserFiles.DataKeys[rowIndex]["Id"]);

Unable to delete multiple grid view records

I am trying to delete multiple grid view records. I tried as shown below.
public void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StringCollection orderNumberCollection = new StringCollection();
if (gridOrders.Rows.Count > 0)
{
foreach (GridViewRow gvrow in gridOrders.Rows)
{
if (gvrow.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow) {
CheckBox cbx = (CheckBox)gvrow.Cells[0].FindControl("chkdelete");
Label lblOrderNumner = (Label)gvrow.FindControl("labelOrderNumber");
Label lastName = (Label)gvrow.FindControl("LabelLastName");
if (cbx.Checked && lblOrderNumner != null)
{
orderNumberCollection.Add(lblOrderNumner.Text);
}
}
}
}
if (orderNumberCollection.Count > 0)
{
DeleteMultipleOrders(orderNumberCollection);
}
}
But always check box control showing "Checked = false". Why check box control always showing false even I checked some of the check boxes?
Here is my Grid view code:
<asp:TemplateField>
<HeaderTemplate>
<table><tr><td ><asp:CheckBox ID="chkAll" runat="server" /></td><td><asp:Button ID="btnDelete" runat="server" Text="Delete" OnClick="btnDelete_Click" /></td></tr></table>
</HeaderTemplate>
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="chkdelete" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("OrderNumber") %>' Font-Bold="false" />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

I'm with Tim on this, it sounds like you are loading your gridview from within Page_Load, which is fine. but in your case you would need to make sure your gridview loading code looks like this:
if(!Page.IsPostBack)
{
//gridview loading code
}
this prevents your gridview from being reloaded (and losing which boxes are checked) when you click your delete button

ASP.NET C# GridView Tab Index issue

It seems that when adding a row to an ASP.NET GridView, the Tab Index does not behave as expected (or desired). Instead of tabbing across each column in a row and then moving to the next row, the tab will move down each row in a column and then move to the next column and so on. Simply put, it will tab vertically instead of horizontally. This can be an issue for data entry applications where a user relies heavily on keyboard input.
Any solutions for this issue?

I have been screwing with this for a while and have this solution! Hope it helps other people who have the same issue.
protected void theGridView_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SetTabIndexes();
}
private void SetTabIndexes()
{
short currentTabIndex = 0;
inputFieldBeforeGridView.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
foreach (GridViewRow gvr in theGridView.Rows)
{
DropDownList dropDown1 = (DropDownList)gvr.FindControl("dropDown1");
dropDown1.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
TextBox inputField1 = (TextBox)gvr.FindControl("inputField1");
inputField1.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
TextBox inputField2 = (TextBox)gvr.FindControl("inputField2");
inputField2.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
TextBox inputField3 = (TextBox)gvr.FindControl("inputField3");
inputField3.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
}
someLinkAfterGridView.TabIndex = ++currentTabIndex;
}

Have a look at Automatically create TabIndex in a repeater
For each control you could set the TabIndex to a property in code behind.
<asp:GridView ID="gv" runat="server">
<columns>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Action" ShowHeader="False" Visible="true">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:CheckBox ID="cbGroup" Checked="true" runat="server" TabIndex='<%# TabIndex %>' Text='<%# Eval("Title") %>' />
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
</columns>
</asp:GridVeiw>
Then in code behind increment a TabIndex counter:
private int _tabIndex = 0;
public int TabIndex
{
get
{
_tabIndex++;
return _tabIndex;
}
}

You could assign the TabIndex's for all your controls inside the grid manually on the rowdatabound event. Figure out how many controls you want to tab though on a specific row and then based on the row index just formulate the tab order.