hi all..

I have a DropDownList bounded to a table, that shows country names and the id is an url address that I need to redirect to when the user selects an item...

My problem is that I cannot find any info on how to make it open in a blank page (not in the one that has the combo)...

does anyone has a js script or know how to do it in code behind

HTH

Gonzalo

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Whats up Gonzalo,
   If I am understanding your correctly the value for each item in the DropDownList is a URL correct? Something like:

Text Value
United States www.foo.org
Argentina www.foo.net
Canada www.foo.edu

So the selectedItem.Value property of the dropdown is what you want to direct to, correct?

If this is the case, you could do 2 things:

Client Side Javascript:
Handle the onChange event and have your javascript do something like:

<asp:dropdownlist id="drp" runat="server" onChange="openNewWin(this);"><asp:dropdownlist>

function openNewWin(dropdown)
{
   var iIndex = dropdown.selectedIndex;
   var sLocation = dropdown.options[iIndex].value;
   window.open(sLocation);
   return true;
}

Or, set the List to autopost back and do this in its event handler:

string sLocation = Convert.ToString(drp.SelectedItem.Value);
string sJavaScript = "";

sJavaScript = "<script language='javascript'>";
sJavaScript += "window.open(sLocation);";
sJavaScript += "</scr" + "ipt>";
Response.Write(sJavaScript);


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thanks doug the js on client side works perfects. I tried to google it but I couldn't find any useful link...

note to anyone that see this solution:
The IDE says that on change is not a valid attribute... it's works anyway... so forget about that warning..



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Gonzalo

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Gonazalo, glad it worked out for you ^^

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