ASP:Dropdownlist

[FRANDAZZO]

Hello all, Question:
Is there a way to set the option value tag for the server side <ASPropDownList id=&quot;somedropdown&quot;/> ?

This is because when you are in the Page_Load and you populate the dropdowm you can only user the name.items.add(&quot;aaa&quot. The new addesd item's option will be the same at the display text. I want that old school stuff where the value is different from the display text..

Is this possiable.

Thanks,

Frandazzo

 

[motte]

Frandazzo,

Yep, you can do as you ask. Consider I have a radiobuttonlist with an id of RBL.

If I bind the RBL to a hash, I can set the DataTextField (which users see) to the key of the hash. The DataValueField (what gets passed), I also set it to the value at that particular key.

RBL.DataSource = theNameOfSomeHash
RBL.DataTextField = &quot;Key&quot;
RBL.DataValueField = &quot;Value&quot;

You can set each of these also to data you pull from a database. You just set your DataSource to something like a DataReader and the DataTextField to some column and the DataValueField to the same or different column in the database. That should get you what you need.

Mike

 

[FRANDAZZO]

Thanks for the Feedback. But I do not want to do data binding. And as far as aspropdownLists, no DataTextField or DataValueField properties. What shall we do? Is there some sort of Index value?

Thanks,

Frandazzo

 

[jfrost10]

Hey Frand,

You can still do what Motte suggested, just not with the databinding.

Each asp drop down list has .text and a .value property. Check out my code snippit:
With ddlDropDown
.Items.Add(&quot;NewEntry&quot
.Items(0).Value = 1
.Items.Add(&quot;NextEntry&quot
.items(1).Value = 2
.Items.Add(&quot;ThirdEntry&quot
.Items(2).Value = 3
End With

With data binding, you'd be able to also loop through a dataset and fill it, but if yu just want to hardcode it, this is an option.

Let me know if you need anything else,

Jack