C# .NET - how can i access to a value from a data list in c#?

hi guys...
i really need access a data list value to send somewhere...i search net just find 2  good line code that it didnt work for me..plz do me a favoure that i can solve it for always.
first line is :DataList DataList1 =(DataList)this.page.findcontrol("DataList1 " );
then i wrote:Label  lbllabel=(label)Datalist1.items[0].findcontrol("IDLabel ");
  then strind id=lbllabel.text;
i need get the value of IDlabel  to send it somewhere this label is in my data  list and it has eval("ID") from  datasource. so i need to access to its value. but it show me error.
how can i solve it?its urgent. thank you.