selectedvalue not working..

[Nitinkcv]

Hi,

Currently i am using a dropdowlist which is actually databinded from a the datatbase. During my page load and by giving the !ispostback im binding the values into my DDL..

i get to this page from a previuos one using a query string Featureid=1. So after my DDL has been populated i use the following code:



if (Request.QueryString["FeatureId"] != null && Request.QueryString["FeatureId"].ToString() != "")
{
dropTopArea.SelectedValue = GetName(Convert.ToInt16(FeatureId));// Droptoparea is the id of the DDL.

}

where getname actually goes into the database and searches for the feature name using the FeatureId and returns the FeatureName. I debugged to check if it was reurning the right value and it was doing so.

However my DDL always loads up with the first element and not the one specified in the QueryString.

Could anyone help

[Frinavale]

Hi Nitinkcv,

You aren't setting the selected value properly.
I've provided a small snippet of code to help you get on track.
Its written in VB but the same concepts apply to your C# application.

Public Shared Sub SetDdlSelectedValue(ByVal theList As System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl, ByVal selectedValue As String)
   'Sub Description:
   '   This sub is responsible for setting the selected value in the dropDownList provided.
   'Parameters:
   '   theList: the DropDownList
   '   SelectedValue: the value to be selected in the dropDownList
   'Retrun Value:
   '   Although this doesn't return anything, the dropDownList passed in is passed in by its reference pointer...
   '   which means it is modified to contain a highlighted value of that supplied
 
   Try
       theList.ClearSelection()
       theList.Items.FindByText(selectedValue).Selected = True
   Catch ex As Exception
 
   End Try
 
 End Sub
 
 

Please note that the System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListControl is the base class for a DropDownList. Therefore you can pass this function a dropDownList and the selection will still be set.

Hope this helps you!

-Frinny