Yeah Altaf

 Hi,

 You may also want to change this:

  CheckBox chk = item.FindControl("chbAll") as CheckBox;

 to:

 CheckBox chk = (CheckBox)item.FindControl("chbAll");

 I can't say I've ever heard of "as" in C#.

 HTH,
 Altaf

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   "Phillip Williams" <Phillip.Williams@webswapp.com> wrote in message news:77944E0C-2A68-43FE-B1A6-0A192909F603@microsoft.com...
   It should have worked.  Make sure you databind the datagrid before you
   attempt looping through its items and also add a condition to examine the
   datagrid itemtype first, e.g.
   foreach (DataGridItem item in dgAddresses)
   {
   switch (item.ItemType )
   {
   case ListItemType.Header:
   // find the chbAll control
   break;
   case ListItemType.Item:
   //find the individual controls
   break;
   }
   }

   I have a sample where I used the event handler of the checkbox to process
   whatever action needed instead of looping through the entire datagrid:
   http://www.societopia.net/Samples/DataGrid_ChildControlsEvents.aspx

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   HTH,
   Phillip Williams
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   "Raed Sawalha" wrote:

   > I have datagrid , i edited the template column by adding checkbox on in
   > templateheader and one in templateitem
   >
   > the problem i have i can not get access to the checkbox at runtime , i did
   > this to get them but not worked:
   >
   > string ClientID = "";
   > foreach(DataGridItem item in dgAddresses.Items)
   > {
   >
   > CheckBox chk = item.FindControl("chbAll") as CheckBox;
   > if(chk != null)
   >    ClientID =  chk.ID;
   > else continue;
   >
   > }
   >
   > how can i get access to them?