Q: select value in dropdown list

[JIM.H.]

Hello,
I usee this to find string sD in drop down list and select the value.
dllSP.SelectedIndex = dllSP.Items.IndexOf(dllSP.Items.FindByText(sD);
Can I get FindByText work with wildcards? So dropdown list has xyzt, and if
sD is xyz, I need to select xyzt. Right now it does not select since is
expects whole match. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Jim.

[William F. Robertson, Jr.]

You will need to manually loop the items collection looking for the item you
seek. This is nearly exactly what the FindByText does.

for( int i = 0 ; i < dllSP.Items.Count ; i++ ) {
if ( ddlSP.Items[i].Text.StartsWith( "xyz" ) ) {
dllSP.SelectedIndex = i;
break;
}
}

bill

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Hello,
I usee this to find string sD in drop down list and select the value.
dllSP.SelectedIndex = dllSP.Items.IndexOf(dllSP.Items.FindByText(sD);
Can I get FindByText work with wildcards? So dropdown list has xyzt, and if sD is xyz, I need to select xyzt. Right now it does not select since is
expects whole match. How can I do this?
Thanks,
Jim.