Redirect to specific index in Dropdownlist

Question

I have a page that contains a drop down list populated with report names of rdl files. This is not an items list, it is dynamically created with the report names that a certain user is able to access after authentication. What I need to do is redirect from one page to a particular item from the ddl. I have tried setting a Session variable & checking for that when reloading the reports page, but it will not load the report I want. here is the code on the reports page:
if(Session["session"] != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < ddl.Item.Count; i++) {
if(ddl.Items[i].Value == "12") {
ddl.SelectedIndex = i;
break;
}
any suggestions are helpful.
thanks
Bonnie

Bonnie Smith · Answer

Suthish I did try as you suggested but it did not work in my example. I also built a test application not using the rdl report names (using collection of items) and used your example & my original as well. Both instances worked in the test app. It seems that my project which unfortunately I cannot debug locally (due to server permissions in the company I contract for) cannot determine the value of the rdl reports. any suggestions? thanks Bonnie

Suthish Nair · Answer

did you tried i suggested or attach your page.. so we can have a look

Bonnie Smith · Answer

Suthish thank you for looking at my post. I realized that I did not post the end of the code. Here it is: if(Session[session] != null) { for (int i = 0; i if(ddl.Items[i].Value == 12) { ddl.SelectedIndex = i; break;} } ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(); Session[session] = null;} Again thanks for looking. Maybe this will help. Bonnie

Bonnie Smith · Answer

I do not get an error message. It re routes to the report.aspx page (which contains the ddl) but does not load the report on page load. The code I posted is in the page load. thank you for looking! Bonnie

Suthish Nair · Answer

Bonnie Am not sure about your post. Hoping after your authentication you want to load the report from dropdown. Try like this.. if(Session[session] != null) { if (ddl.Items.FindByValue(12)) == null == false) { ddl.SelectedValue = 12; ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(e e); break; } }

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Can you clarify will not load the report? Do you get an error message or what?