ASP literal not working

I am trying to get an asp: literal to work but apparently I am doing something wrong because I am getting an

Object Referece not set to an instance of the Object

error

This is my code:

in the ascx page:

<span class="span1">
   <asp:Literal ID="litFile" runat="server"></asp:Literal>
   <strong><asp:Literal ID="litFile2" runat="server"></asp:Literal></strong>
</span>

and

in the ascx.cs page:

protected void _ItemBound(object sender, RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
{
    ((Literal)开发者_JS百科e.Item.FindControl("litFile")).Text = "a";
}

Any idea please?

C

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We need more code to know for sure, but what this looks like to me is that the literal is actually outside the repeater that's firing the _ItemBound method. Otherwise, e.Item.FindControl should be able to find it. Make sure litFile is inside the ItemTemplate in your repeater control, rather than elsewhere in the page.

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You shouldn't need to cast it, nor should you need to search for it.

Try just:

litFile.Text = "a";

If this doesn't work, we will need to see more code to work out what's going on.

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Since your using FindControl I assume your in a repeater or something, so try this

Literal litFile = repeaterName.FindControl("litFile");
litFile.text = "a";

I code in VB so sorry if my syntax is off.