Combobox does not display selected item

Question

Hi,
I have a combobox of countries which I loaded in collections property. When I select a country I want the details to be displayed on a gridview but when I select nothing gets returned back to me..I hope this makes sense. I havent set the selectedIndex to anything plz help anyone,Thanks.

Answer 1

Nice Mxoli...

Answer 2

Thanks this got solved when I solved another error I had with a class

Answer 3

Prahbu it means nothing gets returned to the user i.e it returns blank on the space where its supposed to return what the user selected. Hope it makes sense, thnks

Answer 4

Hi ncedisa Mxoli,
           1)make sure ur combobox will be binded  in the following  way 
                protected void Page_load(Object sender,EventArgs e)
                {
                     if(!IsPoatback) 
                      {
                                   //write code to bind combobx
                        }
                }
          
            2) write the following  code in SelectedindexChangedEvent  
                    
                     if (drp.SelectedItem.Text!="Select")   
                    {
                           //code to bind  information to gridview
                     }
                    else
                     {
                      //dispaly message no country is selected
                   }
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Answer 5

Hi,

 I can't understand, "gets returned back to me" in your post. but i suggest you, select a item by default when form gets loaded.

 Example:

            In form_Load() Event, 
 
            If ( this.combobox1.items.Count >0) then
                      this.combobox1.selectedIndex = 0;