Hi everyone,
I am fairly new to ASP.NET programming and am working on a small project where I have to create an intranet portal where people can update their skills. I am using data grid to populate my data using Web Matrix tool. I am running into 2 problems when I convert a default text box when users click on Edit into a combo box:
1-Combo box doesnt automatically select the prepolulated data
2-Is there a way to write a better code than what I have below as I have to do this for 10 different datagrid on the same page and each datagrid has 5 different dropdowns edits.
I would really appreciate any help and feedback in this: Here is a sample code I have:

<asp:DataGrid id="dgLanguage" runat="server" Width="393px" Font-Names="Times New Roman" BorderColor="White" BorderStyle="Ridge" BorderWidth="2px" BackColor="White" CellPadding="3" GridLines="None" AutoGenerateColumns="False" Font-Size="X-Small" OnEditCommand="dgLanguage_Edit" OnUpdateCommand="dgLanguage_Update" OnCancelCommand="dgLanguage_Cancel" CellSpacing="1">
                                <FooterStyle forecolor="Black" backcolor="#C6C3C6"></FooterStyle>
                                <SelectedItemStyle font-bold="True" forecolor="White" backcolor="#9471DE"></SelectedItemStyle>
                                <ItemStyle forecolor="Black" backcolor="#DEDFDE"></ItemStyle>
                                <HeaderStyle font-bold="True" forecolor="#E7E7FF" backcolor="#4A3C8C"></HeaderStyle>
                                <Columns>
                                    <asp:BoundColumn Visible="False" DataField="ResLangID" ReadOnly="True" HeaderText="ResLangID"></asp:BoundColumn>
                                    <asp:BoundColumn DataField="SkillName" ReadOnly="True" HeaderText="Language Name"></asp:BoundColumn>
                                        <ItemTemplate>
                                            <%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "writing") %>
                                        </ItemTemplate>
                                        <EditItemTemplate>
                                            <asp:DropDownList id="ddl3" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlSelectionChanged">
                                                <asp:ListItem Value="0">None</asp:ListItem>
                                                <asp:ListItem Value="1">Working Knowledge</asp:ListItem>
                                                <asp:ListItem Value="2">Good</asp:ListItem>
                                                <asp:ListItem Value="3">Fluent</asp:ListItem>
                                                <asp:ListItem Value="4">Native</asp:ListItem>
                                            </asp:DropDownList>
                                        </EditItemTemplate>
                                    </asp:TemplateColumn>
                                    <asp:EditCommandColumn ButtonType="LinkButton" UpdateText="Update" CancelText="Cancel" EditText="Edit"></asp:EditCommandColumn>
                                </Columns>
                                <PagerStyle horizontalalign="Right" forecolor="Black" backcolor="#C6C3C6"></PagerStyle>
                            </asp:DataGrid>

Protected Sub ddlSelectionChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim ddl As DropDownList,dd2 As DropDownList,dd3 As DropDownList,dd4 As DropDownList,dd5 As DropDownList
        ddl = CType(sender, DropDownList)
        dd2 = CType(sender, DropDownList)
        dd3 = CType(sender, DropDownList)
        dd4 = CType(sender, DropDownList)
        dd4 = CType(sender, DropDownList)
        'Label3.Text = ddl.SelectedItem.Text

End Sub

Hi there,

For anything to do with the datagrid control I use http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/040502-1.aspx, the answer should be in there for your first problem.



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Thanks David,
I will try to look there to see if there is anything to solve my problem. My page that contains over 10 different datagrid is now long and each time a person clicks on Edit it seems that the page refreshes itself and I am back to the top of the page again while the person might working on a datagrid at the bottom of the page. Do you know how to work around that?
Thanks for your help!
Perry

You can try using smartnavaiagion = true on the page.