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Turn off SelectedValue

I have a ListBox that I want to remove the current SelectedValue in some
events. The ListBox is bound to an SqlDataSource so I can't change it to an
empty string. How can I do this? Thanks.

David
Aug 20 '08 #1
2 805
Even when binding you can add programmatically an additional value to the
list (for example from the DataBound event). Is it to have a value acting as
"(Please select a value from the list)" entry ? Then you can also add a
validator to enforce having the user selecting explicitely a value...

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I have a ListBox that I want to remove the current SelectedValue in some
events. The ListBox is bound to an SqlDataSource so I can't change it to
an empty string. How can I do this? Thanks.

David
Aug 20 '08 #2
Can you not set SelectedIndex = -1 ?

"David C" <dl*****@lifetimeinc.comwrote in message
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>I have a ListBox that I want to remove the current SelectedValue in some
events. The ListBox is bound to an SqlDataSource so I can't change it to an
empty string. How can I do this? Thanks.

David

Aug 21 '08 #3

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