change the default selected value in the asp:DropDown

[gottimukkala]

Hi All, I have a page that calls another with parameters (Eg: page2.aspx?show=pdf&w=100&h=200). My page2 contains textboxes and the drop downlist(with default value set to something else), when I enter the page2 I want to set the parameters to my textboxes and dropdown list. I used ddlEmbedDisplay.SelectedValue = show; but its showing the old default value after this statement, Could any one please tell me, my statement is right or wrong. Any Ideas please!!! Thanks, Aruna.G

[Ashish Sehajpal]

wrong... mention the querystring collection instead use ddlEmbedDisplay.SelectedValue = request.queryString("show") cheers !

Ashish Sehajpal

[vkrajeesh]

hi Aruna, From ur query it seems u want to pass a value from one page to another and set that value as the selected Text of a dropdownlist on page 2 when page 2 loads. right? heres how you can do it.its crude but still. //Code on page 1 param1 = "Good Morning"; param2 = 300; Response.Redirect("default2.aspx?param1=" + param1 + "&param2=" + param2.ToString()); //code on page 2 String param1=""; String param2; param1=request.querystring("param1"); param2=request.querystring("param2").tostring(); DropDownList1.Items.Add(param1); DropDownList1.Items.Add(param2); DropDownList1.SelectedIndex = DropDownList1.Items.Count - 1(when new items are added to a dropdownlist they get appended to the end of the list of items.1 denotes the last item,2 would be the second last item etc.) Hope this helps