Populating a list for drop down menu

[SurvivorTiger]

Hi everyone,

I have several aspx pages and they all need to have a drop-down list. These drop-down lists need to be identical, but instead of writing html code for every page to create the long list of items, I want to use C# to dynamically create the drop-down list. For instance I could have the content of the list in a text file on the server, then my C# code would read the lines from the text file and create the drop-down list. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me with this.

Thank you

 

[johnwm]

You will do better with ASP.NET questions in forum855. However if the list as actually a fixed list then it will be a lot easier to just use a server side include.

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[SurvivorTiger]

Thanks johnwm...the list is in fact a fixed list...but I'm not sure how to do a server side include...

 

[johnwm]

A quick search on these forums for 'SSI' or 'server side includes' will bring a wealth of examples.

Or you could google for 'server side includes' which (for a full explanation) will take you to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes

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[SurvivorTiger]

got it, thanks.