reorderlist - error when using with databound dropdownlist - unable to bind selectedv

[Mark Micallef]

Hi, this question relates to a control in the Ajax toolkit for asp.net 2. I'm having a problem using a databound dropdownlist inside a reorderlist ajax control. Here's a snippet of the code I'm using:

<InsertItemTemplate>
    <div class="insertArea">
    <asp:DropDownList ID="lstUser" runat="server" DataSourceID="UserDataSource" DataTextField="UserName" DataValueField="UserId" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("UserId") %>' AppendDataBoundItems="true"></asp:DropDownList>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtPhone" runat="server" MaxLength="20" Width="150" Text='<%# Bind("ContactPhone") %>'></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtEmail" runat="server" MaxLength="255" Width="400" Text='<%# Bind("ContactEmail") %>'></asp:TextBox>
    <asp:Button ID="cmdAdd" runat="server" Text="Add" CommandName="insert" />
    </div>
</InsertItemTemplate>

When clicking the Add button, I get a "Databinding methods such as Eval(), XPath(), and Bind() can only be used in the context of a databound control."

The bizarre thing about this is that the exact same code works fine in the EditItemTemplate. As far as I know, I need to bind the UserId so that it gets fed into the UserId parameter in the objectdatasource. If I remove the SelectedValue='<%# Bind("UserId") %>' part then I no longer get the error, but the objectdatasource tries to pass null for the userid to the database, which is of no use.

Here is the insert section of the objectdatasource for reference:

<InsertParameters>
    <asp:ControlParameter Name="Company" ControlID="lstCompany" PropertyName="SelectedValue" Type="Int32" />
    <asp:Parameter Name="UserId" Type="Object" />
    <asp:Parameter Name="Sequence" Type="Int32" />
    <asp:Parameter Name="ContactPhone" Type="String" />
    <asp:Parameter Name="ContactEmail" Type="String" />
</InsertParameters>

Hope to get some help on this as it's really bugging me.

Regards,
Mark

[kenobewan]

Welcome to the site. What happens if you remove the div?