Dropdownlist...

[darkin123]

Man did I love this board!<BR><BR>Thanks for those who help me with my past questions.<BR><BR>Here the new one:<BR>Is it possible to change the selected element of a dropdownlist once it is created like I can do with a Checkbox element(with elementname.checked=true)<BR>also, the few exemple of dropdownlist that I have seen does not have a value associeted with the name of the element:<BR><BR><asp:dropdownlist id="drop" runat="server"><BR> <asp:listitem>eat</asp:listitem><BR> <asp:listitem>sleep</asp:listitem><BR> <asp:listitem>wait</asp:listitem><BR></asp:dropdownlist> <BR><BR>where do you put the value associeted with it?(so I can put the value in my database without a validation)<BR><BR>thanks!Try this:<BR><BR><script language="VB" runat=server><BR>Sub Page_Load(Source As Object, E As EventArgs)<BR> &#039Select the second menu option<BR> drop.SelectedIndex=1<BR>End Sub<BR></script><BR>...<BR><asp:dropdownlist id="drop" runat="server"><BR> <asp:listitem>eat</asp:listitem><BR> <asp:listitem>sleep</asp:listitem><BR> <asp:listitem>wait</asp:listitem><BR></asp:dropdownlist> <BR><BR>Doug Seven<BR>CodeJunkies.Net / ASPNextGen.com<BR>[email protected]<BR>