Defualt Value on a Drop Down Box 2

[1Data]

I know this is kinda of a dumb question because it's probably a property somewhere but how can I set my default value on a drop down box that is being populated by a database table. I apologize for my ignorance in advance...

 

[jbenson001]

If the list is a collection you add manually (not databound), you can set the selected property of that item in the collections dialog
If the list is databound you can do a couple of things

  dropdownlist.Items(<index>).Selected = TRUE
OR
  dropdownlist.SelectedValue = "Some Value"
OR
  dropdownlist.SelectedIndex = x

 

[ca8msm]

And one other way just for the hell of it:

DDL.Items.FindByValue("Item1").Selected = True

If you want to read up on the DropDownList, the following article may help:

http://authors.aspalliance.com/stevesmith/articles/dotnetlistbox1.asp

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[1Data]

Thanks for that jbenson001 but I have a follow up question. I tried putting my default value before the Databind() and it get pushed out ofcourse. That is pretty predictable, however after I put it after the Databind() it puts it last on my Drop Down List is there a way around this problem. I was think maybe some sorting?

 

[ca8msm]

You can simply add it to your datatable (if that is what you have your data in) before you call the DataBind method and use Rows.InsertAt to insert it into the first row.


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[1Data]

Ca8M - Thanks that article answered my second questio thank you guys...great posts.

 

[jbenson001]

Glad to help..
Jim