Hi,

i have been creating dynamic dropdownlist control using *.ascx with codebehind. the dropdownlist resides within a placeholder.

I am unable to retrieve the values from the custom control. Please let mi know the soln.

Thnks :D

hi,

i'm new in programming, but I try my best to understand your question.

Do u mean:

You want to get a value, after u have select one of item in dropdownlist?

If yes, I can show one of my example..

you must set one variable like

uid1 = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Value


That's all...

tat's not quite the soln i am looking for....
the dynamic creation of controls as follows:

for(int i = 0; i < _numControl; i++)
{
  int temp;
  temp = i+1;
  LiteralControl lcLabel = new LiteralControl();
  lcLabel.Text = temp + ". ";
  plHolder.Controls.Add(lcLabel);
  DropDownList ddl = new DropDownList();
  ddl.ID = "ddlSort" + i;
  foreach(DictionaryEntry obj in _dataSrc)
  {
     ListItem lstItem = new ListItem();
     lstItem.Value = (string)obj.Key;
     lstItem.Text = (string)obj.Value;
     ddl.Items.Add(lstItem);
  }
  ddl.Items.FindByText(_strDefault[i]).Selected=true;
  plHolder.Controls.Add(ddl);
  LiteralControl lcBr = new LiteralControl();
  lcBr.Text = "<br>";
  plHolder.Controls.Add(lcBr);
}

when the page is posted over to the server, i am unable to retrieve the values of the selections.

i have tried using plHolder.FindControl("ddlSort" + i).SelectedItem.Value, it does not work.

Anyone have faced tis problem before n found a soln?

Where and how are you executing that chunk of code? If you create the list every time, you can't access the selected items for it.

Describe what you are trying to do in general terms and perhaps we can provide a suggestion on how to do it better with .net controls.

Peter
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