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Hi,

I have a page called MyTargetPage.aspx with a drop down list.
When I pass control to that page, I send an ID in querystring, like this

Server.transfer("MyTargetPage.aspx?PrjID=" & something)

Then in page_load, after I populate the drop-down, I want to make default
selection the item passed in query string
So I use a code like this:

dim MyID as string =Request.QueryString("PrjID")
Dim lo As ListItem, i As Int16

For i = 0 To cmbProject.Items.Count - 1

If cmbProject.Items(i).Value = cProjectID Then

Me.cmbProject.SelectedIndex = i

End If

Next

This works, but doesn't seems to me to be a very elegant solution.
Unfortunately I coudn't found a different one.

Can anyone help with a better suggestion to accomplish this?



Thank you

Bogdan

the SelectedValue property is read/write and assigning it will select the
item w/ the corresponding value.

cmbProject.SelectedValue = MyID

"Bogdan Zamfir" <ams_soft at pcnet dot ro> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi,
>
> I have a page called MyTargetPage.aspx with a drop down list.
> When I pass control to that page, I send an ID in querystring, like this
>
> Server.transfer("MyTargetPage.aspx?PrjID=" & something)
>
> Then in page_load, after I populate the drop-down, I want to make default
> selection the item passed in query string
> So I use a code like this:
>
> dim MyID as string =Request.QueryString("PrjID")
> Dim lo As ListItem, i As Int16
>
> For i = 0 To cmbProject.Items.Count - 1
>
> If cmbProject.Items(i).Value = cProjectID Then
>
> Me.cmbProject.SelectedIndex = i
>
> End If
>
> Next
>
> This works, but doesn't seems to me to be a very elegant solution.
> Unfortunately I coudn't found a different one.
>
> Can anyone help with a better suggestion to accomplish this?
>
>
>
> Thank you
>
> Bogdan
>
>
>
>
>

Hi,

> the SelectedValue property is read/write and assigning it will select the
> item w/ the corresponding value.
>
> cmbProject.SelectedValue = MyID

I don't know why, but DropDownlist doesn't seem to have this property. It
doesn't shows up in Intellisense, and if I type it myself, I get a compile
error.

Are you sure are you talking about DropDownList?
I found it as a property of ListBox only.

Bogdan


>
> "Bogdan Zamfir" <ams_soft at pcnet dot ro> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a page called MyTargetPage.aspx with a drop down list.
> > When I pass control to that page, I send an ID in querystring, like this
> >
> > Server.transfer("MyTargetPage.aspx?PrjID=" & something)
> >
> > Then in page_load, after I populate the drop-down, I want to make
default
> > selection the item passed in query string
> > So I use a code like this:
> >
> > dim MyID as string =Request.QueryString("PrjID")
> > Dim lo As ListItem, i As Int16
> >
> > For i = 0 To cmbProject.Items.Count - 1
> >
> > If cmbProject.Items(i).Value = cProjectID Then
> >
> > Me.cmbProject.SelectedIndex = i
> >
> > End If
> >
> > Next
> >
> > This works, but doesn't seems to me to be a very elegant solution.
> > Unfortunately I coudn't found a different one.
> >
> > Can anyone help with a better suggestion to accomplish this?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Bogdan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>