set selected item in databound dropdownlist

[tembalena]

I have a member's profile form, the dropdownlists populated with his data. How do I set the selected item of a dropdownlist?
eg. Gender = Male or Female, how do I set the gender value to that which I've retrieved from this member's gender property? Thanks.

 

[link9]

drpList.items.findbytext("male&quot.selected = true

or

drpList.items.findbyvalue("1&quot.selected = true

or

drpList.selectedIndex = 0

I like the .findByText methods there because they are easier to use, but beware they will throw an exception if the text is not found, so I'd suggest the following block to handle it:

try
drp.items.findbytext("male&quot.selected = true
catch
drp.selectedIndex = 0
end try

paul

 

[tembalena]

Perfect! Thanks so much.