cant acces selected value in dropdownlist

[logi2000]

i have a drop down list named ddl1

i am tryin to access his selected value property like this

ddl1.SelectedValue

but when i compile it sends me an error saying that

dropdownlist does not contain a definition for SelectedValue.

i am using Visual Studio .net 2002. can that be the problem.
cause i have seen in VS 2003 that you can acces the selected value of a dropdown list in that way.

so, how can i access a dropdownlist selected value in Visual Studio 2002 ?

thanks

 

[wsmall73]

It's actually ddl.SelectedItem.Value

 

[logi2000]

ok. but the proble is that when i do:

ddl.SelectedItem.Value = 4

instead of making the item in the ddl with a value of 4,
it changes the values of the other fields to 4.

i still think that property works different in VS 2002 and VS 2003, it seems to have a different behavior.

 

[logi2000]

i dont want to change the value of the selected item, i want to select an item from the dropdown list, based on the items value.

this line:
ddl.SelectedItem.Value = 4
changes the value of the selected item.

how can i select an item from the list based on his value ?

 

[peekay]

Try this :

In the selected index changed event :

dim li as listitem=ddl.selecteditem
label1.text=li.value


PK Odendaal

http://www.odendaal.com

 

[wsmall73]

sorry..was confused as to what you were asking... use findbyvalue