How to change this find control for drop down to text box?

Question

I am trying to select a value from a drop down control before it was text box. I have given the same ID for drop down which was similar to the text box.

Below is the code:

  Do
      counter=counter+1
        tempPanelInputBox = form1.FindControl("txt_" + panelUsed + "_input" + counter.ToString())
    Loop untill counter=CounterEnd

and i want to change to get the selected value in the dropdown box.

Answer 1

If you're sure it's a Dropdownlist, just do a cast:

DropDownList tempPanelInputBox = (DropDownList)form1.FindControl("txt_" + panelUsed + "_input" + counter.ToString());

int selValue = tempPanelInputBox.SelectedValue; //or whatever you want to do with the  selected value

EDIT: In VB:

Dim tempPanelInputBox As DropDownList
tempPanelInput = CType(form1.FindControl("txt_" + panelUsed + "_input" + counter.ToString()), DropDownList)

Then access tempPanelInput.SelectedValue and do with it whatever you want.