Problem changing the selected index property on a dropdown control

[Simon Harvey]

Hi all,

Am I being really stupid here:

myDropDown.Sele ctedIndex = 2

I think this line should set the dropdown control's selected item to 2. But
nothing seems to be happening on the page. The dropdown just maintains its
default value (element 0).

Do I have to do something else to get this control to work? The only other
aspect that may be effecting this piece of code is the fact that the drop
down is contained within a user control that itself is contained in a user
control. But I don't see why that should matter.

Do I have to do something with viewstate or something tricky like that?

Many thanks to anyone who can help

Kindest Regards

Simon

[Karl Seguin]

Everything looks fine. We'd need to see how you are populating your
dropdown with respect to that line? are you binding after? before? how are
you handling postback?

Karl

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"Simon Harvey" <sh856531@micro softs_free_emai l_service.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

Am I being really stupid here:

myDropDown.Sele ctedIndex = 2

I think this line should set the dropdown control's selected item to 2. But nothing seems to be happening on the page. The dropdown just maintains its
default value (element 0).

Do I have to do something else to get this control to work? The only other
aspect that may be effecting this piece of code is the fact that the drop
down is contained within a user control that itself is contained in a user
control. But I don't see why that should matter.

Do I have to do something with viewstate or something tricky like that?

Many thanks to anyone who can help

Kindest Regards

Simon

[Simon Harvey]

"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
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Everything looks fine. We'd need to see how you are populating your
dropdown with respect to that line? are you binding after? before? how
are
you handling postback?

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/
"Simon Harvey" <sh856531@micro softs_free_emai l_service.com> wrote in
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Hi all,

Am I being really stupid here:

myDropDown.Sele ctedIndex = 2

I think this line should set the dropdown control's selected item to 2.

But

nothing seems to be happening on the page. The dropdown just maintains
its
default value (element 0).

Do I have to do something else to get this control to work? The only
other
aspect that may be effecting this piece of code is the fact that the drop
down is contained within a user control that itself is contained in a
user
control. But I don't see why that should matter.

Do I have to do something with viewstate or something tricky like that?

Many thanks to anyone who can help

Kindest Regards

Simon

Hi Karl,

I don't do any databinding directly. At some point earlier in the program I
get a 2 ints representing a range, eg 1 5.
Then I do a loop and the following:

Grade 1
Grade 2
....
Grade 5

The problem occurs at somepoint after this. The control populates itself
fine, it just doesnt seem to do anything when I tell it what index to go to.
As for postback, I'm not actually doing a postback. This problem occurs when
loading the page for the very first time.

I wish I could show you some more code buts its actually really complicated
and all over the place because of the nature of the program.

Can you imagine why this would be happening. The only real thing i can think
of is that some other bit of code is running and reseting the value back to
0 before the page is sent to the browser. Do you think there is anything
else it could be?

Thanks

Simon

[Karl Seguin]

There could be timing issues...but I take it all of this is happening in
Page_Load ? I'm just thinking maybe you are setting the selectedIndex too
late (like after PreRender) but I doubt it...

"actually really complicated and all over the place because of the nature of
the program" << seems like your problem to me...

Karl
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"Karl Seguin" <karl REMOVE @ REMOVE openmymind REMOVEMETOO . ANDME net>
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Everything looks fine. We'd need to see how you are populating your
dropdown with respect to that line? are you binding after? before? how
are
you handling postback?

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/
"Simon Harvey" <sh856531@micro softs_free_emai l_service.com> wrote in
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Hi all,

Am I being really stupid here:

myDropDown.Sele ctedIndex = 2

I think this line should set the dropdown control's selected item to 2. But

nothing seems to be happening on the page. The dropdown just maintains
its
default value (element 0).

Do I have to do something else to get this control to work? The only
other
aspect that may be effecting this piece of code is the fact that the drop down is contained within a user control that itself is contained in a
user
control. But I don't see why that should matter.

Do I have to do something with viewstate or something tricky like that?

Many thanks to anyone who can help

Kindest Regards

Simon

Hi Karl,

I don't do any databinding directly. At some point earlier in the program

I get a 2 ints representing a range, eg 1 5.
Then I do a loop and the following:

Grade 1
Grade 2
...
Grade 5

The problem occurs at somepoint after this. The control populates itself
fine, it just doesnt seem to do anything when I tell it what index to go to. As for postback, I'm not actually doing a postback. This problem occurs when loading the page for the very first time.

I wish I could show you some more code buts its actually really complicated and all over the place because of the nature of the program.

Can you imagine why this would be happening. The only real thing i can think of is that some other bit of code is running and reseting the value back to 0 before the page is sent to the browser. Do you think there is anything
else it could be?

Thanks

Simon

[Simon Harvey]

> "actually really complicated and all over the place because of the nature

of
the program" << seems like your problem to me...

Yeah you're right, but theres nothing I can do about that right now I'm
afraid. I wish to hell I could

Simon