Hi,

the dropdownlist is fed by code-behind with roperty 'autopostback'="true". What i want is to put a color to the items of the dropdownlist but only for some values. This code below works: the right items are red, but only the first time. When an user clicks on an item, the postback occurs (property Autopostback) and the dropdownlist is fed again but the color of the items has disappeared. EnabledViewState is set to "true".

i can't use property "forecolor" of the dropdownlist because of the rstriction of some values.

<%@ Page Language="VB" ... EnabledViewState="true" %@>

<asp:DropDownList id="DropDownList1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true">
</asp:DropDownList>

code-behind:

Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

.......

If Page.IsPostBack Then
dd = DropDownList1.SelectedValue
End If

For i = 1 To 10
z = New ListItem(i, i)
If i <= myvar Then z.Attributes.Add("style", "color:red")
DropDownList1.Items.Add(z)
next
........


Thanks
H.

It appears that your IF is evaluating to false on postback. I don't see where you are setting the value 'myvar' but my guess is if you step through the code your IF simply doesn't execute.

Try that.

hth.

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Thanks for replying.

I removed the IF and just put this line:
z.Attributes.Add("style", "color:red")

Now all listitems are red at the first time, but after the first postback, the red color is gone.

It must be a problem of postabck, but wht exactly?

Try this on postback:

If Page.IsPostBack Then

 For Each li as ListItem in drpDown.Items
    If i <= myvar Then li.Attributes.Add("style", "color:red")
 Next
End If

obviously your If logic whould change since i is no longer used as a counter variable. Anyway my guess is that while you loop through a bunch on list items on postback you don't actually change the list items in the dropdown.

hth.

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Thanks.
Meanwhile, i made some tests (both with EnabledViewState="true":

this first test works: (i dropped the IF): all items are red and remain red after postback.
-------------------------
If Page.IsPostBack Then
dd = DropDownList1.SelectedValue
Else
For i = 1 To 10
z = New ListItem(i, i)
DropDownList1.ForeColor = Drawing.Color.Red
DropDownList1.Items.Add(z)
next
end if

this second test doesn't work: the first time, the items are red, but at the first postback, the items lose the red color.
----------------------
If Page.IsPostBack Then
dd = DropDownList1.SelectedValue
else
For i = 1 To 10
z = New ListItem(i, i)
z.Attributes.Add("style", "color:red")
DropDownList1.Items.Add(z)
next
end if

So the unique difference between the two tests is using:
in first test: DropDownList1.ForeColor = Drawing.Color.Red
in second test: z.Attributes.Add("style", "color:red")

Why?

Because the ListItem class does not persist its Attributes in ViewState, while the DropDownList does persist values like ForeColor. To work around this, rely on ViewState for the actual items, and then loop through the Items collection on Page_Load and every postback and colorize the relevant items.

More info:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...tion+ViewState
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/110205-1.aspx
http://forums.asp.net/p/893276/957231.aspx#957231

Cheers,

Imar
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