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Checking for null.......

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Checking for null.......

Checking for null.......

(OP)

I've tried two ways to check for null and neither work:
I have a menu control and when I click a link the below event is fired. I tried two ways to check for null and neither work. Can someone please help?

protected void MenuItems_OnMenuItemClick(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
try
{
if ( e.Item.Text != null)
{
Debug.WriteLine("MenuItem: " + e.Item.Text );
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw (ex);
}
}
And:

protected void MenuItems_OnMenuItemClick(object sender, MenuEventArgs e)
{
try
{
System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem mi = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem();

if (mi.Parent.Text != null)
{
Debug.WriteLine("MenuItem: " + e.Item.Text );
}
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
throw (ex);
}
}

RE: Checking for null.......

Have you tried with the built in string.isNullOrEmpty?

if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(mi.Parent.Text))
{
code
}

RE: Checking for null.......

(OP)
Yes, I just tried that and then I tried if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(mi.Parent.Text.ToString())) and if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.Item.Parent.Parent.Text)) which didn't work either. I appreciate your attempt, Moregelen. Do you or anyone else have any other ideas?

RE: Checking for null.......

If that is saying it isn't null, then it most likely isn't null. Have you run it in debugging mode to verify that it really is a NULL?

RE: Checking for null.......

(OP)
Here is what I get using debug and then in the exception:

?e.Item.Parent.Parent.Text
'e.Item.Parent' is null
Step into: Stepping over non-user code 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuEventArgs.Item.get'
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in App_Web_fjsl66dx.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in App_Web_fjsl66dx.dll

RE: Checking for null.......

Oh. Your issue isn't that the text isn't null, its that the parent is null.

Try with:

if (e.Item.Parent != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(e.Item.Parent.Text))
{
code
}

RE: Checking for null.......

Or whatever it is. Make sure the top level elements aren't null.

RE: Checking for null.......

(OP)
That did it! Thanks so much. I've been struggling with null values in C# all day. Part of the learning process.... Thanks again!.

RE: Checking for null.......

Yup. Just remember that if its possible for an object higher up to be null, you need to check that first. Doing e.Item.Parent.Text is going ahead and making the assumption that Parent isn't null; so when it is null, things crash and burn.

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