thanks for your help dan..
I will take your advice,
regards
casey
>-----Original Message-----
>There is a user event that occurs when you click on the
dropdown list
>I think (not 100% sure). You may be able to link to
that. However...
>
>If you are going to go to the server to get the data,
this will be a
>significant pause to build the list. Also, when you come
back, you
>would have to manually "open" that list as if you just
clicked on it.
>Not exactly a smooth transition.
>
>I suggest that you should be able to determine when the
list would
>need to be built and do this when necessary. Worst case,
provide a
>button that says "Load List" that the user can click and
then populate
>the dropdown list.
>
>
>On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 14:19:26 -0700, "Casey"
><> wrote:
>
>>Dan,
>>
>> I am connecting to server at a distant location to
>>retrieve the data for the listbox, and the data has to
be
>>loaded up only when the user wants to look at the
>>information,
>>
>>I know there are other ways of doing this but this is
>>requested by the user
>>
>>can you give me any ideas on this..
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Can you supply your reasoning for this requirement?
This
>>is not the
>>>normal usage of this type of control. You can
certainly
>>populate the
>>>list based on selections from other controls, but it
>>might be
>>>difficult to do using the onclick event of the listbox
>>itself.
>>>
>>>
>>>On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 07:28:15 -0700, "Casey"
>>><> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What i mean is that the list should only be populated
>>>>when the user clicks on it.
>>>>
>>>>Until then it should be empty
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Both are ok.
>>>>>
>>>>>for saving program code, you can choose DropDownList,
>>>>>
>>>>> if your data come from db, two lines will give your
>>the
>>>>result
>>>>> ddl.DataSource = yourProcedure;
>>>>> ddl.DataBind();
>>>>>
>>>>>> hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I need to populate a drop down list when the user
>>>>clicks
>>>>>> on the arrow button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> how do i do this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should i use a html select control or is it
possible
>>>>>> using the asp:dropdownlist
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>
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