How do I create a dropdownlist in a gridview that doesn't use datasource

[Haleigh]

I'm using asp.net/vb and I have successfully created a gridview without datasource. However, I am having difficulty creating a dropdownlist on one of the columns in the gridview. Does anyone have any idea on this?
Thanks in advance...
~Haleigh

[kenobewan]

You may use ItemTemplate, as outlined in this article:
Accessing the different controls inside a GridView control

Out of curiousity, what data are you binding the gridview to?

[Haleigh]

You may use ItemTemplate, as outlined in this article:
Accessing the different controls inside a GridView control

Out of curiousity, what data are you binding the gridview to?

I am using a stored procedured and then I used this code below to retrieve the changed values, and newvalues would not work..

Dim i As Integer
Dim cell As DataControlFieldCell

'This assignes a name to each text box
Dim myControls As ControlCollection = GridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Controls
For Each cell In myControls
cell.Controls(0).ID = "Field" & i.ToString
i += 1
Next

Dim tbStartDt As TextBox = CType(row.FindControl("Field4"), TextBox)
Dim strStartDt As String = tbStartDt.Text


.. but now I'm having problems getting dropdownlist to work, any ideas?

[kenobewan]

I suggest calling the dropdownlist directly and using the datatextfield and datavaluefield...

Hope that this helps.