getting and setting data in a Formview
 

Hi. I am new to ASP and C#. I am trying to do something really simple.
It seems like sometimes the simplest things are not in the help files.
(I come from a Powerbuilder background where setting and getting data
in a control is extremely simple.) I have a web form with a formview
control (InsertTemplate) and I want to change (set) some of the data
in the control just before it becomes visible on the page. I want to
make sure that the changed data gets saved when the control updates
the database. One of the data elements to set is in a dropdownlist and
others are labels. In Powerbuilder it would be done simply by syntax:
control.data[column,row] = value (setting ) or value = control.data
[column,row] (getting).

Any help is appreciated.