This is driving me crazy :-)

I'm trying to get a ASP.NET 3.5 GridView to show a selected value as string when being displayed, and to show a DropDownList to allow me to pick a value from a given list of options when being edited. Seems simple enough?

My gridview looks like this (simplified):

<asp:GridView ID="grvSecondaryLocations" runat="server" 
              DataKeyNames="ID" OnInit="grvSecondaryLocations_Init" 
              OnRowCommand="grvSecondaryLocations_RowCommand" 
              OnRowCancelingEdit="grvSecondaryLocations_RowCancelingEdit"
              OnRowDeleting="grvSecondaryLocations_RowDeleting"
              OnRowEditing="grvSecondaryLocations_RowEditing" 
              OnRowUpdating="grvSecondaryLocations_RowUpdating"  >
<Columns>
	<asp:TemplateField>
	     <ItemTemplate>
	          <asp:Label ID="lblPbxTypeCaption" runat="server" 
                                 Text='<%# Eval("PBXTypeCaptionValue") %>' />
	     </ItemTemplate>
	     <EditItemTemplate>
                      <asp:DropDownList ID="ddlPBXTypeNS" runat="server" 
                               Width="200px" 
                               DataTextField="CaptionValue" 
                               DataValueField="OID" />
	     </EditItemTemplate>
	</asp:TemplateField>
</asp:GridView>

The grid gets displayed OK when not in editing mode - the selected PBX type shows its value in the asp:Label control. No surprise there.

I load the list of values for the DropDownList into a local member called _pbxTypes in the OnLoad event of the form. I verified this - it works, the values are there.

Now my challenge is: when the grid goes into editing mode for a particular row, I need to bind the list of PBX's stored in _pbxTypes.

Simple enough, I thought - just grab the drop down list object in the RowEditing event and attach the list:

protected void grvSecondaryLocations_RowEditing(object sender, GridViewEditEventArgs e)
{
    grvSecondaryLocations.EditIndex = e.NewEditIndex;

    GridViewRow editingRow = grvSecondaryLocations.Rows[e.NewEditIndex];

    DropDownList ddlPbx = (editingRow.FindControl("ddlPBXTypeNS") as DropDownList);
    if (ddlPbx != null)
    {
        ddlPbx.DataSource = _pbxTypes;
        ddlPbx.DataBind();
    }

    .... (more stuff)
}

Trouble is - I never get anything back from the FindControl call - seems like the ddlPBXTypeNS doesn't exist (or can't be found).

What am I missing?? Must be something really stupid.... but so far, all my Googling, reading up on GridView controls, and asking buddies hasn't helped.

Who can spot the missing link? ;-)

Marc