other than autopostback?

[Mani]

Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden value>>")
.....

thanks in advance

[Curt_C [MVP]]

huh?
the request.form() required the page to be posted to as well as using
string = this.textbox1.Value;
or
string = this.ddl.SelectedItem.Value()/Text()

Otherwise I am confused.

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Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Mani" <mani(remove this)aTevikasystemsdotcom> wrote in message
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Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden value>>") ....

thanks in advance

[Raterus]

Autopostback is good to raise an event when the user makes a selection, if another control has caused the postback you can just use myDDL.selectedvalue

"Mani" <mani(remove this)aTevikasystemsdotcom> wrote in message news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden value>>")
....

thanks in advance

[Curt_C [MVP]]

P.S...
FIX YOUR CLOCK. If I had noticed I wouldn't have answered, nor will I follow
up on this anymore either till it's adjusted correctly.

--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Mani" <mani(remove this)aTevikasystemsdotcom> wrote in message
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Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden value>>") ....

thanks in advance

[Mani]

what should the clock be set to ?
My clock is set to the correct US EST time.

Thanks
Mani

"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote in message
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P.S...
FIX YOUR CLOCK. If I had noticed I wouldn't have answered, nor will I follow up on this anymore either till it's adjusted correctly.

--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Mani" <mani(remove this)aTevikasystemsdotcom> wrote in message
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Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden

value>>")

....

thanks in advance

[Mani]

Raterus,

that is exacly my objective here, that there are couple of dependent
dropdown lists, with elements numbering about 2000.
I couldnt find any other way than drop downs..

I found that the I could bind datareader returning from business object to
the page..they were fast

but is that good design? then it voids the use of a business layer if you
allow the data access elements to be accessed by the web layer ? right?


"Raterus" <ra*****@spam.org> wrote in message
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Autopostback is good to raise an event when the user makes a selection, if
another control has caused the postback you can just use myDDL.selectedvalue

"Mani" <mani(remove this)aTevikasystemsdotcom> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hi,
Is there any other way to quickly grab the selected index/value of a
dropdownlist other using than the autopostback property to true? ...
I found the autopostback to slow down things....
in classic asp, there used to be request.form("<<name of a hidden value>>") ....

thanks in advance