I posted a similar question previously, but none of the answers worked and I've been scouring all over the web trying to find a solution. My situation, I have a Edit Window webform with a dropdownlist (Note: to avoid confusion, I'm using Telerik extensions only to decorate the webform):
<%@ Page Language="VB" CodeFile="EditFormVB.aspx.vb" Inherits="EditFormVB" %>
<%@ Register Namespace="CustomBoundField" TagPrefix="custom" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Edit Pop-up</title>
</head>
<body class="">
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function CloseAndRebind(args) {
GetRadWindow().BrowserWindow.refreshGrid(args);
GetRadWindow().close();
}
function GetRadWindow() {
var oWindow = null;
if (window.radWindow) oWindow = window.radWindow; //Will work in Moz in all cases, including clasic dialog
else if (window.frameElement.radWindow) oWindow = window.frameElement.radWindow; //IE (and Moz as well)
return oWindow;
}
function CancelEdit() {
GetRadWindow().close();
}
</script>
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager2" runat="server" />
<telerik:RadFormDecorator ID="RadFormDecorator1" runat="server" Skin="Vista" DecoratedControls="All" />
<br />
<br />
<asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" DataKeyNames="ID" runat="server" AutoGenerateRows="False"
GridLines="None" DataSourceID="detailsSqlDataSource" Height="50px" Width="125px"
BorderWidth="0" CellPadding="0" CellSpacing="7">
<Fields>
<asp:BoundField DataField="TS_DESCRIPTION" HeaderText="TS_DESCRIPTION" SortExpression="TS_DESCRIPTION" />
<asp:BoundField DataField="TS_TITLE" HeaderText="TS_TITLE" SortExpression="TS_TITLE" />
<asp:CommandField ShowEditButton="True" />
<asp:CommandField ShowInsertButton="True" />
</Fields>
</asp:DetailsView>--%>
<telerik:RadScriptManager ID="RadScriptManager1" runat="server" />
<telerik:RadFormDecorator ID="RadFormDecorator1" runat="server" Skin="Vista" />
<br />
<br />
<asp:DetailsView ID="DetailsView1" runat="server" Height="400px" Width="745px"
AutoGenerateRows="False" DataKeyNames="TS_ID" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2"
EnableModelValidation="True">
<Fields>
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Category">
<EditItemTemplate>
<%--<asp:DropDownList ID="TTCategory" runat="server" DataSourceID="ReqCategoryData" SelectedValue='<%# Bind("TS_NAME") %>' />--%>
<asp:DropDownList DataSourceID="ReqCategoryData" DataTextField="ReqCategory" DataValueField="ReqCategory"
ID="reqCategoryDropDown" runat="server" AppendDataBoundItems="true" AutoPostBack="true" >
</asp:DropDownList>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>
<asp:CommandField ButtonType="Button" EditText="Update" ShowEditButton="True"
ShowCancelButton="True">
<ItemStyle HorizontalAlign="Center" />
</asp:CommandField>
</Fields>
</asp:DetailsView>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
And in the code behind, I'm setting the datasource for the dropdownlist and using a function to query the DB for the name of the value I want to set as the selected value when the page loads initially:
Partial Class EditFormVB
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Shared category_Name As String = ""
Dim ddlDataSource As New SqlDataSource
Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Init
DetailsView1.DefaultMode = DetailsViewMode.Edit
End Sub
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.Page.Title = "Editing record"
''Setup DropDownList SqlDataSource
ddlDataSource.ID = "ReqCategoryData"
Page.Controls.Add(ddlDataSource)
ddlDataSource.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("TTPRODReportsQuery").ConnectionString
ddlDataSource.SelectCommand = "SELECT TS_NAME AS ReqCategory FROM dbo.TS_SELECTIONS WHERE (TS_FLDID = 5299 AND TS_STATUS = 0) ORDER BY TS_NAME"
Dim args As New DataSourceSelectArguments
ddlDataSource.Select(args)
''Set max length of Title field to 70 characters
Dim dvrTest As DetailsViewRowCollection = DetailsView1.Rows
Dim TitleTB As TextBox = dvrTest.Item(0).Cells(1).Controls(0)
TitleTB.Attributes.Add("onkeydown", "isMaxLen(this)")
TitleTB.Attributes.Add("maxlength", "70")
Dim myDDL As DropDownList = DetailsView1.FindControl("reqCategoryDropDown")
''Perform dropdown list population operations
If Page.IsPostBack = False Then
Dim ticket_ID As String = getDataKey(DetailsView1)
''Fetch Category ID
Dim sqlText As String = "SELECT TS_REQCATEGORY FROM USR_ITFAC WHERE (TS_ID = " + ticket_ID + ") "
Dim reqDataReader As SqlDataReader = GetDataReader(sqlText)
reqDataReader.Read()
Dim category_ID As String = reqDataReader(0)
''Fetch Category name using the categoryID and set as selected value in dropdown list
sqlText = "SELECT TS_NAME FROM TS_SELECTIONS WHERE (TS_ID = " + category_ID + ") "
reqDataReader = GetDataReader(sqlText)
reqDataReader.Read()
category_Name = reqDataReader(0)
myDDL.DataBind()
myDDL.Selectedvalue = category_Name //<--this value gets set only when debugging,
End If
End Sub
Private Function GetDataReader(ByVal sqlText As String) As SqlDataReader
Dim dr As SqlDataReader
Dim sqlConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("TTPRODReportsQuery").ConnectionString)
sqlConn.Open()
Dim sqlCmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(sqlText, sqlConn)
dr = sqlCmd.ExecuteReader(System.Data.CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)
Return dr
End Function
End Class
The dropdownlist does get populated appropriately, however when I attempt to set the value, it doesn't reflect when the page loads; the dropdownlist just gets populated and no value is set to selected in the markup, so the first value is shown by default. The odd thing is that when I'm debugging, the value appears to get set when I step through the function, it's as if the selectedvalue is getting reset as soon as the function exits and proceeds to load the page. Any help or insight is appreciated
SOLUTION: Had to add a separate function that is called onLoad from the DropDownList after the after Page_Load is done executing. Still unresolved is why the the DropDownList rebinds after the Page_Load.
IN HTML:
<asp:DropDownList DataSourceID="ReqCategoryData" DataTextField="ReqCategory" DataValueField="ReqCategory"
ID="reqCategoryDropDown" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" OnLoad="DDL_DataBound">
IN CODE-BEHIND
Public Shared category_Name As String = ""
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Me.Page.Title = "Editing record"
''Setup DropDownList SqlDataSource
ddlDataSource.ID = "ReqCategoryData"
Page.Controls.Add(ddlDataSource)
ddlDataSource.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("TTPRODReportsQuery").ConnectionString
ddlDataSource.SelectCommand = "SELECT TS_NAME AS ReqCategory FROM dbo.TS_SELECTIONS WHERE (TS_FLDID = 5299 AND TS_STATUS = 0) ORDER BY TS_NAME"
Dim args As New DataSourceSelectArguments
ddlDataSource.Select(args)
''Set max length of Title field to 70 characters
Dim dvrTest As DetailsViewRowCollection = DetailsView1.Rows
Dim TitleTB As TextBox = dvrTest.Item(0).Cells(1).Controls(0)
TitleTB.Attributes.Add("onkeydown", "isMaxLen(this)")
TitleTB.Attributes.Add("maxlength", "70")
Dim myDDL As DropDownList = DetailsView1.FindControl("reqCategoryDropDown")
''Perform dropdown list population operations
If Page.IsPostBack = False Then
Dim ticket_ID As String = getDataKey(DetailsView1)
''Fetch Category ID
Dim sqlText As String = "SELECT TS_REQCATEGORY FROM USR_ITFAC WHERE (TS_ID = " + ticket_ID + ") "
Dim reqDataReader As SqlDataReader = GetDataReader(sqlText)
reqDataReader.Read()
Dim category_ID As String = reqDataReader(0)
''Fetch Category name using the categoryID and set as selected value in dropdown list
sqlText = "SELECT TS_NAME FROM TS_SELECTIONS WHERE (TS_ID = " + category_ID + ") "
reqDataReader = GetDataReader(sqlText)
reqDataReader.Read()
category_Name = reqDataReader(0)
myDDL.DataBind()
End If
End Sub
Protected Sub DDL_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
If Page.IsPostBack = False Then
Dim myDDL As DropDownList = DetailsView1.FindControl("reqCategoryDropDown")
myDDL.Items.FindByValue(category_Name).Selected = True
End If
End Sub