Good afternoon to all,

Since I seemed to have stumped the experts on here as to how to go about creating a "chain" of dropdownlists, I was hoping someone could help me with a smaller issue. How would I go about raising an event for a particular dropdownlist when multiple dropdownlists are being added to a webform dynamically. Please see my code below.

For Each dr In ds.Tables("options").Rows
   Dim ddl As New DropDownList
   ddl.ID = dr("styleOpt_title")
   ddl.AutoPostBack = True
   styleData_optionBasket.Controls.Add(ddl)

    AddHandler ddl.SelectedIndexChanged, AddressOf ddl_SelectedIndexChanged

    ddl.Items.Insert(0, New ListItem("Please select..."))
Next


As I could potentially be adding upward of 4 DropDownLists to a form, how could I raise an event for the, let's say, 3rd DropDown. Right now, when I call the ddl_selectedIndexChanged event, the values from all of the dropdownlists are being captured.

Thank you and I hope someone can lend some much needed assistance.

Regards.

What is the code in the handler? It should only trap the value from the dropdown list being changed. I have done this in the past with no problems. Let's see the handler code.

Jim

Jim,

Thanks for the reply. I am not doing anything fancy, that is until I can get it to work <smile>. The following is the basic handler... something to just test for the returned values.

Private Sub ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ddl.SelectedIndexChanged
      Dim drop As DropDownList = CType(sender, DropDownList)
      lblTest.text = drop.SelectedValue.ToString
End Sub

In my test DB I have two dropdownlist's being created by the code in my original post above. I was using a simple Reponse.Write to dump the results back to the screen and was getting the values for both DropDownLists returned. Now that I have switched the results to a Label control, I am only getting the value of the second dropdownlist, regardless of changing the value in the first dropdownlist.

Ultimately, I am looking to be able to identify the different dropdownlists to pull their respective values into follow-on functions.

I can provide screen shots if you think it will be easier to visualize the problem.

AMMEDNED: Jim, Is it at all possible to create a delimited string of the returned values for all of the dropdownlists on the webform (ie. 3|12|5)

Many thanks,
Eric

I think I see your problem. It is in the handler declaration:
Private Sub ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ddl.SelectedIndexChanged

Remove the bolded code above.

This handler will only handle the selectedindexchanged event for ddl, which I assusme is another dropdown you have definded somewhere.

Jim