The name 'grdUserActivity' does not exist in the current context

Question

I have a grid that is named grdUserActivity. I'm not sure what the error means.

C#

public partial class frmViewPersonnel : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
        {
            // Declares the DataSet
            dsUserActivity myDataSet = new dsUserActivity();

            // Fill the dataset with what is returned from the function
            myDataSet = clsDataLayer.GetUserActivity(Server.MapPath("PayrollSystem_DB.mdb"));

            // Sets the DataGrid to the DataSource based on the table
            grdUserActivity.DataSource = myDataSet.Tables["tblUserActivity"];

            // Binds the DataGrid
            grdUserActivity.DataBind();
        }
    }
}

.ASPX

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="frmPersonnel.aspx.cs"      Inherits="frmPersonnel" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div align="center">

</div>
<asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" Height="250px" HorizontalAlign="Left" 
    Width="300px">
    <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="First Name:" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtFirstName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="Last Name:" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtLastName" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label3" runat="server" Text="Pay Rate:" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtPayRate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label4" runat="server" Text="Start Date:" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtStartDate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="Label5" runat="server" Text="End Date:" Width="80px"></asp:Label>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtEndDate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
    <br />
    <asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" 
        PostBackUrl="~/frmPersonnalVerified.aspx" Text="Submit" 
        onclick="btnSubmit_Click" />
    <asp:Button ID="btnCancel" runat="server" Text="Cancel" />
    <br />
    <asp:Label ID="lblError" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</asp:Panel>
</form>

can you please paste the aspx code where you created grdUserActivity? — Shai Cohen, Nov 16 '11 at 15:54
Out of blue, check for duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/706603/the-name-controlname-does-not-exist-in-the-current-context — Marcin Seredynski, Nov 16 '11 at 15:56
@Mike, we need the whole aspx. You might have inherited from a wrong class in it. Or put the grdUserActivity in a templated control, like Tim says. — Marcin Seredynski, Nov 16 '11 at 15:58
ok so you have the runat="server" :) how about what @TimBJames asked? is it in a templated control? — Shai Cohen, Nov 16 '11 at 15:59
Thanks. Ok so it is not in a templated control and the control exists in the designer file (from the answer below). Does the project build? If it does and the control is still not recognized, my only other idea is to recreate the page. Things get screwy sometimes. — Shai Cohen, Nov 16 '11 at 16:05
This article should get you back up and running! http://www.ajaymatharu.com/the-name-does-not-exists-in-the-current-context-asp-net/ — Dracorat, Nov 16 '11 at 15:57

Tim B James · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-16T20:17:43.807

Not sure if this is a type-o

But your aspx file is pointing to frmUserActivity rather than frmViewPersonnel

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="frmUserActivity.aspx.cs" Inherits="frmUserActivity" %>

So either you are editing the wrong .cs file, OR the wrong .aspx file ;)

EDIT

After seeing your edits, your frmUserAcitivty aspx page does not contain the grdUserActivity control. So of course it wont be found.

The name 'grdUserActivity' does not exist in the current context

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