ListBox not displaying contents returned from method

[mit99mh]

The method below returns a ListBox, it works as I can iterate through the items and the correct items are returned.

However the web control is not populated. Any help much appreciated.

//declaration
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox forwardOptions;

//assign listbox to return from method
forwardOption = SetForwardOptions(currentRoleId);


foreach(ListItem li in forwardOptions.Items)
{
Response.Write( &quot;<li>&quot; + li.Text );
}

private ListBox SetForwardOptions( int roleId )
{
ListBox listOptions = new ListBox();
switch( roleId )
{
//spoc
case 1:
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;SPOC&quot;, &quot;1&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Theme Owner&quot;, &quot;4&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;IMT&quot;, &quot;7&quot; ) );
break;
//gatekeeper
case 2:
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;SPOC&quot;, &quot;1&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Theme Owner&quot;, &quot;4&quot; ) );
break;
//topic owner
case 3:
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;SPOC&quot;, &quot;1&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Theme Owner&quot;, &quot;4&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Topic Owner&quot;, &quot;3&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;IMT&quot;, &quot;7&quot; ) );
break;
//theme owner
case 4:
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;SPOC&quot;, &quot;1&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Theme Owner&quot;, &quot;4&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Topic Owner&quot;, &quot;3&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;IMT&quot;, &quot;7&quot; ) );
break;
//imt
case 7:
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;SPOC&quot;, &quot;1&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Theme Owner&quot;, &quot;4&quot; ) );
listOptions.Items.Add( new ListItem( &quot;Topic Owner&quot;, &quot;3&quot; ) );
break;
//what to do here?
//default:
}
//set number of rows to number of items
listOptions.Rows = listOptions.Items.Count;

Response.Write( listOptions.Rows.ToString() );

return(listOptions);
}