Please help me!

I need to get value from dropdownlist when page load and user didn't change any selection.

In the code If Page.IsPostBack is true I got all require information from dropdown list

Is there anyway to get selectedvalue or selecteditem from dropdownlist when page is load I try (Red colour highlight) but not working.

Please help me Thanks so much


Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim prmStratID, prmObjID, prmRegID As String

If Page.IsPostBack Then
prmStratID = lstStrategy.SelectedValue.ToString
prmObjID = lstObjective.SelectedValue.ToString
prmRegID = lstRegional.SelectedValue.ToString

'Remove old Session
Session.RemoveAll()

'Define Report Session
Session("Year") = lstYear.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Strategy") = lstStrategy.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Objective") = lstObjective.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Group") = lstRegional.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("StrategyID") = prmStratID
Session("GroupID") = prmRegID

Else
prmStratID = Request.QueryString("stratid")
prmObjID = Request.QueryString("objid")
prmRegID = Request.QueryString("value")

If prmStratID = String.Empty Then
'lstStrategy.SelectedIndex = -1
prmStratID = "02"
Else
lstStrategy.SelectedValue = prmStratID
End If
If prmObjID = String.Empty Then
'lstObjective.SelectedIndex = -1
prmObjID = "04"
Else
lstObjective.SelectedValue = prmObjID
End If
If prmRegID = String.Empty Then
'lstRegional.SelectedIndex = -1
prmRegID = "1"
Else
lstRegional.SelectedValue = prmRegID

End If

'Remove old Session
Session.RemoveAll()

'Define Report Session
Session("Year") = lstYear.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Strategy") = lstStrategy.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Objective") = lstObjective.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("Group") = stRegional.SelectedItem.ToString
Session("StrategyID") = prmStratID
Session("GroupID") = prmRegID
End If



BindData(prmStratID, prmObjID, prmRegID)
MapSwf = "mapSub" & prmRegID
MapValue = GetMapValue(prmStratID, prmObjID, prmRegID)
lnkBack.NavigateUrl = "./Page1.aspx?stratid" & prmStratID & "&objid=" & prmObjID
End Sub

hi..
i don understand wat u want..as i understood it is like u want to change ur session variables that too wen the page.postback =true ....rite..?

or else don write the code just tell wat u want to do. like on click of wat u want wat...

I want to get value of dropdownlist when the page is loaded first time

hi.
then just write.
//this even will occur only wen the page loads and not on any postback
if(!page.ispostback)
{
string val=urdropdownlist.val
}
else //wen ur get postback if u want then only include this.
{
ur other code.
}

The really for real first time? Like when someone types in www.yoursite.com and they show up at this page? In that case, you don't need to retrieve the value you need to SET the value.

You need to pick a default value (I use Visual Studio Express, it let's you choose which one easily, do you or are you hand coding?) The default value will be automatically populated in the dropdown. And if you're trying to style the highlight (red?) you can do that from your CSS file, just reset the background color. I admit CSS is not the easiest in .NET, but just add a CssClass property name and keep playing til you find what works. You just make do with the tools you've got and hope the next generation is more useful for professional grade, web standards based development.

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