some dropdown webcontrol questions...

[Asha]

whats the main difference between
cbo.SelectedItem.Value and cbo.SelectedValue. both return the same result, but why and when to use it? thanks

[avnrao]

hi Asha,

both are same..its only the way you want to access it.
if run reflector and see whats this cbo.SelectedValue is

public virtual ListItem get_SelectedItem()
{ int num1;
num1 = this.SelectedIndex;
if (num1 >= 0)
{
return this.Items[num1];
}
return null;
}
so if you have reference to ListItem (that is cbo.SelectedItem) you can
access the value as listItem.value
or cbo.SelectedValue if you have reference to cbo.

hth,
Av.

"Asha" <As**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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whats the main difference between
cbo.SelectedItem.Value and cbo.SelectedValue. both return
the same result, but why and when to use it? thanks

[avnrao]

add more to it, i would recommend cbo.SelectedValue to write less code and
make it faster.

Av.
"Asha" <As**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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whats the main difference between
cbo.SelectedItem.Value and cbo.SelectedValue. both return
the same result, but why and when to use it? thanks

[David Coe, MCAD]

cbo.SelectedItem.Value dates back to ASP.NET 1.0, and was left in the 1.1 framework for backwards compatability. The cbo.SelectedValue is new to 1.1, and is a lot nicer (in terms of writing code) if you are just doing 1.1 work.

"Asha" wrote:

whats the main difference between
cbo.SelectedItem.Value and cbo.SelectedValue. both return the same result, but why and when to use it? thanks