HELP with ASP.NET DropDownList Box ! : )

[Lucas Tam]

Hi all,

I have a DropDownList on my page created in Design Time calledddlDate. In
code, I do the following:

1 ddlDate = New DropDownList() <- To Clear the drop down list
2 ddlDate.Items.Add("HELLO")
3 ddlDate.Items.Add("WORLD")

When the page loads, how come my drop downlist is empty? Shouldn't there be
two entries?

If I remove Line 1, then the entries are present. However, logically
speaking, why does Line 1 mess things up?

Thanks!


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[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

This has worked for me beforfe, but its IE only I think

Dim EncodedString As String = "This is a Test
String"&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;EndTestString"
Dim writer As New System.IO.StringWriter()
Server.HtmlDecode(EncodedString, writer)
Dim DecodedString As String = writer.ToString()
lstTest.Items.Add(DecodedString)

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"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93D096D9F2FDEnntprogerscom@207.46.248.16.. .

> Hi all,
>
> I have a DropDownList on my page created in Design Time calledddlDate. In
> code, I do the following:
>
> 1 ddlDate = New DropDownList() <- To Clear the drop down list
> 2 ddlDate.Items.Add("HELLO")
> 3 ddlDate.Items.Add("WORLD")
>
> When the page loads, how come my drop downlist is empty? Shouldn't there

be

> two entries?
>
> If I remove Line 1, then the entries are present. However, logically
> speaking, why does Line 1 mess things up?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com)
> Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying.
> [url]http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/[/url]

[S. Justin Gengo]

Lucas,

You say you are creating the drop down list dynamically. It sounds like you
are creating the entries in the drop down dynamically, but that the list was
added to the page in the design window.

If this is the case then the drop down you are creating (the new one) is
replacing the one in the design window and you aren't setting most of it's
attributes.

If it is the case that you have added the drop down to the page via the
design window then instead of using "New" to clear the drop down do it like
this:

ddlDate.Items.Clear()

Sincerely,

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Web Developer

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Nietzche


"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93D096D9F2FDEnntprogerscom@207.46.248.16.. .

> Hi all,
>
> I have a DropDownList on my page created in Design Time calledddlDate. In
> code, I do the following:
>
> 1 ddlDate = New DropDownList() <- To Clear the drop down list
> 2 ddlDate.Items.Add("HELLO")
> 3 ddlDate.Items.Add("WORLD")
>
> When the page loads, how come my drop downlist is empty? Shouldn't there

be

> two entries?
>
> If I remove Line 1, then the entries are present. However, logically
> speaking, why does Line 1 mess things up?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --
> Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com)
> Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying.
> [url]http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/[/url]

[Lucas Tam]

"S. Justin Gengo" <sjgengo@aboutfortunate.com> wrote in
news:#ac3lWRXDHA.1744@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

> If this is the case then the drop down you are creating (the new one)
> is replacing the one in the design window and you aren't setting most
> of it's attributes.

Yes exactly! That is what I am doing.

> If it is the case that you have added the drop down to the page via
> the design window then instead of using "New" to clear the drop down
> do it like this:
>
> ddlDate.Items.Clear()

However, shouldn't using New() to clear also work? Logically speaking,
shouldn't new() bind a new instance to the control? I wonder why it won't
pick up the newly bound control.

BTW, your suggestion worked great! Thanks for your help!

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[S. Justin Gengo]

Lucas,

It's because other settings are defined by the page.

Take a look in the web for designer generated code area of the codebehind
page.

You'll see the following:

Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init
'CODEGEN: This method call is required by the Web Form Designer
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
InitializeComponent()
End Sub

The routine above actually runs setup routines for the components on your
page. When you called "New" you overwrote all those "Hidden" settings. If
declare a new component you have to recreate them.

Sincerely,

--
S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer

Free code library at:
[url]www.aboutfortunate.com[/url]

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche


"Lucas Tam" <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:Xns93D09964BD103nntprogerscom@207.46.248.16.. .

> "S. Justin Gengo" <sjgengo@aboutfortunate.com> wrote in
> news:#ac3lWRXDHA.1744@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:
>

> > If this is the case then the drop down you are creating (the new one)
> > is replacing the one in the design window and you aren't setting most
> > of it's attributes.

>
> Yes exactly! That is what I am doing.
>
>

> > If it is the case that you have added the drop down to the page via
> > the design window then instead of using "New" to clear the drop down
> > do it like this:
> >
> > ddlDate.Items.Clear()

>
> However, shouldn't using New() to clear also work? Logically speaking,
> shouldn't new() bind a new instance to the control? I wonder why it won't
> pick up the newly bound control.
>
> BTW, your suggestion worked great! Thanks for your help!
>
> --
> Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com)
> Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying.
> [url]http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/[/url]

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

sorry Lucas, I appear to have replied to the wrong post here

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Professional Windows Forms
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Professional JSP
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Beginning JSP Web Development
ISBN: 1861002092
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"John Timney (Microsoft MVP)" <timneyj@despammed.com> wrote in message
news:u$SIwWRXDHA.1896@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> This has worked for me beforfe, but its IE only I think
>
> Dim EncodedString As String = "This is a Test
> String"&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;EndTestString"
> Dim writer As New System.IO.StringWriter()
> Server.HtmlDecode(EncodedString, writer)
> Dim DecodedString As String = writer.ToString()
> lstTest.Items.Add(DecodedString)
>
> --
> Regards
>
> John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
> ----------------------------------------------
> <shameless_author_plug>
> Professional .NET for Java Developers with C#
> ISBN:1-861007-91-4
> Professional Windows Forms
> ISBN: 1861005547
> Professional JSP 2nd Edition
> ISBN: 1861004958
> Professional JSP
> ISBN: 1861003625
> Beginning JSP Web Development
> ISBN: 1861002092
> </shameless_author_plug>
> ----------------------------------------------
>
> "Lucas Tam" <REMOVEnntp@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns93D096D9F2FDEnntprogerscom@207.46.248.16.. .

> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a DropDownList on my page created in Design Time calledddlDate.

In

> > code, I do the following:
> >
> > 1 ddlDate = New DropDownList() <- To Clear the drop down list
> > 2 ddlDate.Items.Add("HELLO")
> > 3 ddlDate.Items.Add("WORLD")
> >
> > When the page loads, how come my drop downlist is empty? Shouldn't there

> be

> > two entries?
> >
> > If I remove Line 1, then the entries are present. However, logically
> > speaking, why does Line 1 mess things up?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lucas Tam (REMOVEnntp@rogers.com)
> > Please delete "REMOVE" from the e-mail address when replying.
> > [url]http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/coolspot18/[/url]

>
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