NullReferenceException was unhandled by usercode- Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Question

I get NullReferenceException was unhandled by usercode in below code.

if (item["Area"] != null)
{
    drpArea.Items.FindByText(item["Area"].ToString()).Selected = true;//error occurs here.
}

Tried to figure out a million times.But i am unable to do.

possible duplicate of [What is a NullReferenceException in .NET?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4660142/what-is-a-nullreferenceexception-in-net) — John Saunders, Apr 13 '12 at 04:17
i think you need to test for null in drpArea.Items.FindByText(item["Area"].ToString()) as well. Maybe even the Items property of the drpArea. I dont know the type of that variable reference. — Roman, Apr 13 '12 at 08:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '12 at 05:49

1

may be you should first get listitem from Dropdownlist and than set the selected value

Try this :

 ListItem li = drpArea.Items.FindByText(Convert.ToString(item["Area"]));
 if (li != null)
    drpArea.SelectedValue = li.Value;

answered Apr 13 '12 at 05:49

Jignesh Rajput

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