Dropdown excluding items from Dropdownlist 1

[yimpinay]

Hi, I am new to asp.net and need help on this control:
<TR>
<TD>
<aspropDownList id="oDropOutputType" runat="server" Width="182px">
<asp:ListItem Value="WebReport">Web Report</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="PrintFriendly">Print Friendly Report</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="ExcelSpreadsheet">Excel Spreadsheet</asp:ListItem>
</aspropDownList></TD>
</TR>

How do I exclude Excel Spreadsheets from the dropdown list.

Please help.

Thanks.

 

[jbenson001]

Don't understand your question. If you are hard coding the values in the markup,then just remove it, if you are binding to the control, just exclude that value.

 

[jmeckley]

I find that for any data that needs to be manipulated, not matter how simple, it's better to define the data in code, modify it, and then push to the markup.

in this case something like

var items = new List<ListItem>
   {
       new ListItem{Text = "Web Report" Value = "WebReport"},
       new ListItem{Text = "Friendly Report" Value = "PrintFriendly"},
       new ListItem{Text = "ExcelSpreadsheet" Value = "Excel Spreadsheet"},
   };
ModifyItems(items);
oDropOutputType.DataSource = items;
oDropOutputType.DataBind();

private void ModifyItems(List<ListItem> items)
{
  if(a condition is met)
  {
       items.Remove(the item);
  }
}

modifying the markup after it's already bound becomes a maintenance nightmare.

Jason Meckley
Programmer

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