Hi all

I m making a web app. using C# and SQL Server 2005,(using duwamish architecture), just got stuck on this particular problem.

1)I have a textbox where i will enter ProjectID which is numeric in nature, after writing, i will press tab or will hit enter and it will go to first radio button named new(Note: I have two radio buttons, one new and another Modify, both are unchecked by default). When i will select 'new'; text which i have entered as for ProjectID should get checked with database that whether it is available or not, if yes then in the dropdownlist all the available project version should come( for e.g 1,2,3) but these versions should be greyed out, i should not be able to select it. Along with the existing version , a new version should come(here for 4), which i can select.

2)Same is the case with modify radio button, difference is only that in the dropdownlist all the available version should come and i can select it.

Please throw some light on this, explaining through code.How can i implement this...

You cannot have a drop down list with some disabled and some enabled items, you can only enable or disable the entire drop down list.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

I think u didnt got my point, it is about disabling the listitems in the dropdownlist, not disabling the dropdownlist.
please help me through some code...

I didn't misunderstand you, I'm telling you you can't do that. You can ONLY disable the whole drop down list.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

OK, I GOT YOUR POINT, BUT TELL HOW TO LOAD THE DROPDOWNLIST UPON SELECTING RADIO BUTTON.

You need to make sure that AutoPostBack is set to true, and then just handle the CheckedChanged event.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Can you just explain me through code. The case is: on selecting radio button(named 'new')
it should check the text supplied in the textbox from the database, on returning true, it should load values from the database to the dropdownlist.

Please help through code, i m struggling hard to get it right.

Firstly, 'new' is a very bad name for anything in C# as it is a reserved keyword. Called it NewRadioButton.

Which bit are you having trouble with? Have you added the event to the radio button? Do you know how to do that? Are you using visual studio? Have you changed the AutoPostBack property? Do you know how to do that? Do you know how to connect to a database? The questions go on....

If you have some code you've written which doesn't work then post it and we'll try to help, either that or be more specific in your problem.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/