Date: 12/07/05 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: css, asp, sql

Anyone know how I can access controls within the EmptyDataTemplate of my GridView?

<asp:GridView ID="grdProjectHours" DataSourceID="sqlModifyProjectHours" 
        PageSize="15" AllowPaging=true AllowSorting=true 
        AutoGenerateColumns=false GridLines="Both" 
        ShowFooter=true BorderWidth="2" BorderColor="#000000" 
        runat=server Width="100%" 
        OnDataBound="grdProjectHours_OnDataBound" 
        OnRowUpdating="grdProjectHours_OnRowUpdating" 
        EditRowStyle-VerticalAlign="top">
	...
	<Columns>
		<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Project" SortExpression="project">
			...
		</asp:TemplateField>
	</Columns>
	<EmptyDataTemplate>
		<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
			<tr>
				<td class="gridHeader"><asp:Label ID="lblEmptyProject" runat="server" Text="Project" /></td>
				<td class="gridHeader"><asp:Label ID="lblEmptyHours" runat="server" Text="Hours" /></td>
				<td class="gridHeader"><asp:Label ID="lblEmptyWorkDate" runat="server" Text="Date of Work" /></td>
				<td class="gridHeader"><asp:Label ID="lblEmptyChangeNumber" runat="server" Text="Change Order" /></td>
				<td class="gridHeader"><asp:Label ID="lblEmptyComments" runat="server" Text="Comments" /></td>
				<td class="gridHeader"></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td colspan="7" height="2"></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td colspan="7" bgcolor="#cccccc"></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td colspan="7" height="1"></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:DropDownList ID="cboNewProject" Width="225" runat="server" DataSourceID="sqlProject" DataTextField="project" DataValueField="id" OnDataBound="cboNewProject_OnDataBound" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:TextBox ID="txtNewHours" Width="50" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:TextBox ID="txtNewWorkDate" Width="50" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:TextBox ID="txtNewChangeNumber" MaxLength="10" Width="50" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:TextBox ID="txtNewComments" MaxLength="155" Width="100" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent" align="right"><asp:LinkButton ID="btnAddProjectHours" runat="server" CommandName="insert" Text="add" OnClick="btnAddProjectHours_OnClick" /></td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="reqNewProject" ControlToValidate="cboNewProject" ErrorMessage="Project" CssClass="ErrorMessage" EnableClientScript="false" Display="Dynamic" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="reqNewHours" ControlToValidate="txtNewHours" ErrorMessage="Hours" CssClass="ErrorMessage" EnableClientScript="false" Display="Dynamic" runat="server" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"><asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="reqNewWorkDate" ControlToValidate="txtNewWorkDate" ErrorMessage="Date of Work" CssClass="ErrorMessage" EnableClientScript="false" runat="server" /><asp:RangeValidator id="rngWorkDate" runat="server" CssClass="ErrorMessage" ControlToValidate="txtNewWorkDate" MaximumValue="1/1/2100" MinimumValue="1/1/1900" Type="Date" EnableClientScript="false" ErrorMessage="Date of Work (mm/dd/yyyy)" Display="dynamic" /></td>
				<td class="gridContent"></td>
				<td class="gridContent"></td>
				<td class="gridContent" align="right"></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
	</EmptyDataTemplate>
</asp:GridView>

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/aspdotnet/50872.html