Hi All,
I am trying to put a dropdown list in a repeater. The dropdown list will be the same each time.

Is there a function in the repeater where I can load the dropdown after is is made? or how do i reference the dropdown in the codebehind?

Thanks...

Kyle,
You can reference the controls of the repeater in the ItemCreated event of the dropdown list using the items FindControl method.
I recall having some trouble with it being databound, from memory I bound the dropdown in the ItemCreated event also.
There is a great 16 Part article at 4guysfromrolla.com about datagrids, most of it would also apply to repeaters I beleive and is worth a read.

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/040502-1.aspx


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Sorry Kyle,

Just looked at some code.
I used the ItemDataBound Event previously.
Here is my c# code.


private void utilList_ItemDataBound(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.RepeaterItemEventArgs e)
        {
            DropDownList DDLCreated;
            if((e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item) || (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem))
            {
                DDLCreated = ((DropDownList) e.Item.FindControl("DDLUtilType"));
                //DLLCreated.DataSource = monthArray;

                if (Conn.State != ConnectionState.Open){Conn.Open();}
                //Conn.Open();
                AdptUtils = new SqlDataAdapter();
                AdptUtils.SelectCommand = new SqlCommand("select * from utilCodeType order by utilCode",Conn);
                dsUtils.Clear();
                AdptUtils.Fill(dsUtils);
                Conn.Close();

                DDLCreated.DataSource = dsUtils.DefaultView;
                DDLCreated.DataTextField = "utilCode";
                DDLCreated.DataValueField = "utilCode";
                DDLCreated.DataBind();
                //((TextBox) e.Item.FindControl("TBCurrVal")).Text = "HI";
                foreach(ListItem codeType in DDLCreated.Items)
                {
                    //codeType.Selected = true;
                    //((TextBox) e.Item.FindControl("TBCurrVal")).Text = "Hi";
                    if ( codeType.Text.Trim().Equals(((TextBox) e.Item.FindControl("TBCurrVal")).Text))
                    {

                        codeType.Selected = true;
                    }
                }
            }

        }

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They say, best men are molded out of faults,
And, for the most, become much more the better
For being a little bad.
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I read through the 4 guys and looked at your code. I'm still having problems. I guess My first question would be do i have to "bind" the data because the dropdown list will have the same exact text for each repeat.

I'm really lost...

If the source for the drop down items is dynamic, then you need to bind each occurrance of the drop down in the repeater. However, you could optimize the code so that you don't call the data source every time. Call it once, and store the object that contains the data so it can be reused for each repeater item.

Right now I'm just trying to get a dropdown list to show up that is NOT bound to anything. I get them to show up, but I cannot figure out how to populate them... The following lines are when I view the html source:

<select name="AcctRepeater:_ctl1:ddlMenu" id="AcctRepeater__ctl1_ddlMenu">
<select name="AcctRepeater:_ctl3:ddlMenu" id="AcctRepeater__ctl3_ddlMenu">

Can someone help me populate the ddlMenu's?

I guess using DataGrid will be much easy!

Always:),
Hovik Melkomian.

melvik-
I'm not sure how a datagrid would fix this.

kylem-
Take a look at this sample.

http://www.geekdork.com/samples/complexDatagrid.aspx

It explains how to do a slightly more complicated binding within a datagrid but it shows how you can bind a control that will be repeated within any repeating control (repeater, datalist or datagrid). The key is the binding syntax within the control:

<asp:dropdownlist runat="server" datasource='<%# <datasource object> %>' datatextfield="<textfield>" datavaluefield="<valuefield>" />