Drop down lists??

[BezerkRogue]

I passed the value from a selection out of a drop down list to an edit page in ASP.NET. I want that value to print in a label on the edit page....it gives me the following:
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList

I know it is passing the value, I just can't seem to find a way to get it to display correctly. What causes this issue?

[nateraaaa]

How are you passing the value of the dropdownlist? Querystring, Session, Viewstate ?

Nathan

[Shashi Sadasivan]

I passed the value from a selection out of a drop down list to an edit page in ASP.NET. I want that value to print in a label on the edit page....it gives me the following:
System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList

I know it is passing the value, I just can't seem to find a way to get it to display correctly. What causes this issue?

you might be setting the text to the dropdownlist object
use the dropdownlist.selectedtext property instead

-- so its not an issue !!! maybe an ID ten T error {:P}

[BezerkRogue]

How are you passing the value of the dropdownlist? Querystring, Session, Viewstate ?

Nathan

I am using the following code to pass it.

Context.Items.Add("Shift", SHIFT_ID.text)
Server.Transfer("NextPage.aspx")

[BezerkRogue]

you might be setting the text to the dropdownlist object
use the dropdownlist.selectedtext property instead

-- so its not an issue !!! maybe an ID ten T error {:P}

That worked. Thanks. Like I said I am a noob at this. lol