[2005] Need help accessing control in webzone

[Krenshau]

I did a search for webzone here, and googled, but couldn't find anything to help.

I am playing with webzones to get familiar with them, and I am trying to change the text in a label in a webzone on the page load event, but I am getting Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Here is my code.

Dim TN As Label = Me.ReportDetailsZone.FindControl("TeacherName".ToString)
            TN.Text = "This is how to add text to a control in a webzone."
            TN.Dispose()
            TN = Nothing

I am guessing that my find control code is not finding the control so TN = nothing. I just can't seem to find any code examples to see if I am finding the code wrong, or not.

Thank you for your help.

[mendhak]

Dim TN As Label = CType(Me.ReportDetailsZone.FindControl("TeacherName"), Label)

Also, note that saying

"TeacherName".ToString

is as redundant as sterilizing needles before executions.

[Krenshau]

Thank you, mendhak, for your reply. I gave it a try, but it didn't work. I got the same error on the line that assigns the text property. I did go back and verify that the id is correct, and it is. Any other ideas?

[mendhak]

My next question would be, is the Label you're looking for inside another control inside the web part control?