Manipulate asp:label through ul/li

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I am using Visual Studio 2008 developing a web app front-end for a T-SQL DB using asp.net and vb.net.

I have a label inside a list like so:

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        <ul id="ul" class="class">
            <li id="li">
                <asp:Label runat="server" ID="label"></asp:Label>
            </li>
        </ul>
        <ul id="ul" class="class">
            <li id="li">
                <asp:Label runat="server" ID="label"></asp:Label>
            </li>
        </ul>

I cannot access the label directly in my code-behind file like I normally would. (Ex. label.text = "Something")

I'm assuming I need to use FindControl in some way, but I'm obviously having no success.

I guess that means my question is: How can I expose the label control so I can manipulate it with vb?

Thank you,
J'Tok

Last edited by J'Tok; Apr 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm. Reason: Forgot code tags, and had minor spelling error.

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Re: Manipulate asp:label through ul/li

in code, say the page_load event you could do:

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me.label.text = "Test Text"
me.label.text = "Test Text"

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Re: Manipulate asp:label through ul/li

Thanks ninjaimp! Worked perfectly.

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