Need to Search DropDown List Items

[George]

Using VS.NET 2002\Web Form\VB

I have a dropdown list that will contain letters of the alphabet. At
startup, it has only the letter A in the list. I add letters to the items
list, as needed. However, before I add a new letter, I need to see if the
letter is already in the list. After determing the letter that I will be
looking for:

Dim newLtr as string = "B"

I have tried to use the following in my code behind to see if that letter is
in the item list:

DrpDwnLst1.Items.FindByText(newLtr)
DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains(newLtr)

Either of those two ways gives me that squiggle line underneath that
indicates it can't digest what I am trying to do.

I have no problems adding items, just can't seem to find a way to search the
list. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
George

[Martha[MSFT]]

DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains takes a "ListItem" as a argument and not a string.
So do something like this:

DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains(new ListItem(newLtr))

Hope this helps,
Martha

"George" <------@----.---> wrote in message
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Using VS.NET 2002\Web Form\VB

I have a dropdown list that will contain letters of the alphabet. At
startup, it has only the letter A in the list. I add letters to the items
list, as needed. However, before I add a new letter, I need to see if the
letter is already in the list. After determing the letter that I will be
looking for:

Dim newLtr as string = "B"

I have tried to use the following in my code behind to see if that letter is in the item list:

DrpDwnLst1.Items.FindByText(newLtr)
DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains(newLtr)

Either of those two ways gives me that squiggle line underneath that
indicates it can't digest what I am trying to do.

I have no problems adding items, just can't seem to find a way to search the list. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
George

[George]

Martha,

That did the trick! Thanks very much. I appreciate your time. ;-)

George
"Martha[MSFT]" <ma******@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains takes a "ListItem" as a argument and not a string. So do something like this:

DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains(new ListItem(newLtr))

Hope this helps,
Martha

"George" <------@----.---> wrote in message
news:9i*********************@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...

Using VS.NET 2002\Web Form\VB

I have a dropdown list that will contain letters of the alphabet. At
startup, it has only the letter A in the list. I add letters to the items list, as needed. However, before I add a new letter, I need to see if the letter is already in the list. After determing the letter that I will be
looking for:

Dim newLtr as string = "B"

I have tried to use the following in my code behind to see if that

letter is

in the item list:

DrpDwnLst1.Items.FindByText(newLtr)
DrpDwnLst1.Items.Contains(newLtr)

Either of those two ways gives me that squiggle line underneath that
indicates it can't digest what I am trying to do.

I have no problems adding items, just can't seem to find a way to search

the

list. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
George