Page_Load executes before aspx is rendered?

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This might have been discussed before, but I haven't been able to dig
it out.

I ask because I notice something interesting.

Suppose, I have the following controls in a web form.

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" </
asp:DropDownList>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

Suppose, in Page_Load, I want to do:

Label1.Text = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;

If I bind the DropDownList right in the aspx file through
SqlDataSource, Label1.Text is empty when I check out the application
in the browser.

If I bind the DropDownList in the code behind, and in Page_Load, I do:

BindTheDropDownList();
Label1.Text = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;

Label1.Text does have the text value of the 0th item of the
DropDownList.

Therefore, I think that at Page_Load, the binding processes in the
ASPX file are not done yet. Am I right?

Thanks.

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Yes. The binding of this sort takes place in the PreRender event.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
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This might have been discussed before, but I haven't been able to dig
it out.

I ask because I notice something interesting.

Suppose, I have the following controls in a web form.

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" </
asp:DropDownList>
<asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="Label"></asp:Label>

Suppose, in Page_Load, I want to do:

Label1.Text = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;

If I bind the DropDownList right in the aspx file through
SqlDataSource, Label1.Text is empty when I check out the application
in the browser.

If I bind the DropDownList in the code behind, and in Page_Load, I do:

BindTheDropDownList();
Label1.Text = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text;

Label1.Text does have the text value of the 0th item of the
DropDownList.

Therefore, I think that at Page_Load, the binding processes in the
ASPX file are not done yet. Am I right?

Thanks.

[gnewsgroup]

On Jan 30, 10:59*am, "Eliyahu Goldin"
<[e-mail]:

Yes. The binding of this sort takes place in the PreRender event.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldinhttp://usableasp.net

Thank you. I think by "binding of this sort", you are referring to
the kind of binding in aspx file through SqlDataSource?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Yes.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldin
http://usableasp.net
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On Jan 30, 10:59 am, "Eliyahu Goldin"
<[e-mail]:

Yes. The binding of this sort takes place in the PreRender event.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]http://msmvps.com/blogs/egoldinhttp://usableasp.net

Thank you. I think by "binding of this sort", you are referring to
the kind of binding in aspx file through SqlDataSource?