Equivalent to Replacing a Recordset Field in Classic ASP

This should be an easy one....

I have many labels in a FormView one of the labels I want to replace the whitespace (vbcrlf) with <br> to get proper formatting as the user initially entered into a textarea.

The string tha I had in Classic ASP is this:
<%= Replace(adoRs("Description"),vbCrLf, "<br>")%>

This works great, I am not having luck with getting my label formatted as such. It could be that I am placing the code against the wrong event within the FormView or something else that I may totally be missing.

Here is what I have and it doesn't work:


Protected Sub FormView1_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles FormView1.DataBound
Replace(DirectCast(FormView1.FindControl("DescriptionLabel"), Label).Text, vbCrLf, "<br />")
End Sub



I have also tried the replace line of code inside the load, and itemcommand events of the formview.

The problem is that Replace doesn't change the string. It just returns the results. You actually have to Return it to something...

DirectCast(FormView1.FindControl("txtLabel"), Label).Text = DirectCast(FormView1.FindControl("txtLabel"), Label).Text.Replace(vbCrLf, "<br />")

Thanks Wayne! I feel like an idiot! I was so involved in the DirectCast code that I overlooked the fact that I had to set the label equal to itself then do the replace.

:o