Yes nice, however had to change it a tad as the selecteditem property is
read only.
Thanks all who replied
' here ya go..
ddlNames.SelectedIndex =
ddlNames.Items.IndexOf(ddlNames.Items.FindByValue("Value"));
-----Original Message-----
From: dotnet discussion [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
Jim Arnold
Sent: 29 May 2002 10:28
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [DOTNET] DropDownList
You can also do:
ListItem selectedItem = list.Items.FindByValue(value) list.SelectedIndex
= list.Items.IndexOf(selectedItem)
Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 29 May 2002 10:07
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [DOTNET] DropDownList
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > Yeah but how do I find out the index? When I loop through I am
> > checking the value property of the dropdown against the session
> > value. When a match is found how do I get the index?
>
> Ahh..
> This is what I use: (VB.NET)
>
> Private Overloads Sub selectByValue(ByVal dropdown As
> DropDownList, _
> ByVal value As String)
> Dim index As Integer
> Dim maxIndex As Integer = dropdown.Items.Count
>
> Do Until index = maxIndex _
> OrElse dropdown.Items(index).Value = value
> index += 1
> Loop
> If index = maxIndex Then
> 'value not found, so select the first one
> dropdown.SelectedIndex = 0
> Else
> dropdown.SelectedIndex = index
> End If
> End Sub
>
> (it's overloaded to accept integer,date,etc values..similar code, but
> some casting the value to a string is involved in the other functions)
>
> Merak
>
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