I have three drop down menus that are using a store Procedure to populate my gridview. I need the first facility DropDown to give different options in the second source type dropdown depending on what facility is selected. Some facility's need to see all options and some only 1 or 2. I am unsure how to go about this.
Here is the code for the dropdowns and the store precedure.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
private void BindGrid()
{
//set up arguments for the stored proc
int? FacilityID = (ddlFacility.SelectedValue.Equals("-1")) ? (int?)null : int.Parse(ddlFacility.SelectedValue);
int? SourceTypeID = int.Parse(ddlSource.SelectedValue);
int? StatusTypeID = int.Parse(ddlStatusType.SelectedValue);
//bind
ObjectResult<models.MS_spGetMatchCross_Result> ds = this.DataLayer.model.MS_spGetMatchCross(FacilityID, SourceTypeID, StatusTypeID);
gvResults.DataSource = ds;
gvResults.DataBind();
}
private void ResetForm()
{
try
{
//facility dropdown
ddlFacility.Items.Clear();
ddlFacility.DataSource = this.DataLayer.model.MS_spGetFacilityInfo(null).OrderBy(x => x.FacilityName);
ddlFacility.DataTextField = "FacilityName";
ddlFacility.DataValueField = "FacilityID";
ddlFacility.DataBind();
ddlFacility.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("Select a facility...", "-1"));
//SourceType dropdown
ddlSource.Items.Clear();
ddlSource.DataSource = this.DataLayer.model.SourceTypes;
ddlSource.DataTextField = "Description";
ddlSource.DataValueField = "SourcetypeID";
ddlSource.DataBind();
//Match Status dropdown
ddlStatusType.Items.Clear();
ddlStatusType.DataSource = this.DataLayer.model.StatusTypes;
ddlStatusType.DataTextField = "Description";
ddlStatusType.DataValueField = "StatusTypeID";
ddlStatusType.DataBind();
BindGrid();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
this.SetMessage(ex.ToString(), PageMessageType.Error);
AISLogger.WriteException(ex);
}
}
A very straightforward, though not exactly elegant, way would be to handle the DropDownList's OnSelectedIndexChanged event. For that to work, you'd have to make sure that each DDL whose selection will affect the contents of another DDL has the AutoPostBack property set to true (this ensures when something in the DDL changes, the page will cause a postback, allowing you to handle the change in server-side code).
In your first DropDownList's OnSelectedIndexChanged event handler (in the code-behind), you'll have the following code:
// Handle selected item or selected index
if(ddl1.SelectedItem.Text=="Selection1")
{
// Get items for DDL2
var items=GetDataForDdl2();
// Bind the data
DDL2.DataSource=items;
DDL2.DataBind();
}
You'd have similar logic for DDL2's SelectedIndexChanged event handler to then bind the items of DDL3, and so on.
For something that works nicely out of the box, check out the ASP.NET AJAX AjaxControlToolkit's CascadingDropDown: http://www.asp.net/ajaxLibrary/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/CascadingDropDown/CascadingDropDown.aspx
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I have a dropdownlist that cannot be used for editing purpose. When button Edit is clicked inside listview where data exists, data is supposed to pass back to dropdownlist and other textboxes where the form is located outside listview. Passing data back to textboxes is ok. The problem is dropdownlist data that I want to edit was added to dropdownlist as another record. Please take a loot at picture, and I have to reselect the correct one. Otherwise, that selected data (e.g. December in picture) has no datavaluefield and it stops running if I didn't choose bottom December and click Update button. Here is my code for dropdownlist for months. Any help is appreciated for this. Thank you.
public void BindMonth()
{
ddlStartMonth.DataSource = objUIHelpers.GetAllMonths();
ddlStartMonth.DataTextField = "StartMonthName";
ddlStartMonth.DataValueField = "MonthId";
ddlStartMonth.DataBind();
ddlStartMonth.Items.Insert(0, "Select Start Month");}
Then, I put this method in page load like this.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
{
BindMonth();
}
}
This is listview data item editing
protected void lvEducation_ItemCommand(object sender, ListViewCommandEventArgs e)
{
switch (e.CommandName)
{
//Delete Method will be fired when command name "Delete" inside Listview is clicked.
case ("Delete"):
int EducationId = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument);//pass Id of Experience to identify datarow to delete
// DeleteEducationById(ExperienceId);//Call bind to delete method and pass ExperienceId as argument
break;
//Edit Method will fired when command name "Edit" inside Listview is clicked.
case ("Edit"):
EducationId = Convert.ToInt32(e.CommandArgument); //pass Id of Experience to identify datarow to edit
BindEducationDataToEdit(EducationId);//Call bind to edit method and pass ExperienceId as argument
break;
}}
This is part of method that triggers to pass back data to edit.
public void BindEducationDataToEdit(int EducationId)
{
Education edu = objJFUserBAL.GetEducationByIdToEdit(EducationId);
txtAdditionalInfo.Text = edu.AdditionalInfo.ToString();
ddlEndMonth.SelectedItem.Text = edu.mo.EndMonthName;
}
When selected data is posted back for editing, I have extra data like this.
You should not be updating the SelectedItem.Text. This is changing the displayed text. Instead you should be updating which item is selected.
If you do not have access to the value of the month name, you can do the following:
ddlEndMonth.Items.FindByText(edu.mo.EndMonthName).Selected = true;
which will select the item with the month text assuming one exists.
If it is possible to have an edu.mo.EndMonthName which does not exist in the list of items, you will want to do some checks for null and treat accordingly.
You have to fill a list manually, because auto binding is not going to let you put a "select your month" item unless you have one in your data base :
public void BindMonth()
{
List<Month> listOfMonth = new List<Month>();
Month fakeMonth = new Month();
// you need to see your own
//code and try to make a fake month with these parameters you want
fakeMonth.StartMonthName = "Select Start Month";
fakeMonth.MonthId = 0;
listOfmounth.Add(fakeMonth);
foreach(Month m in objUIHelpers.GetAllMonths())
{
listOfMonth.Add(m)
}
ddlStartMonth.DataSource = listOfMonth;
ddlStartMonth.DataTextField = "StartMonthName";
ddlStartMonth.DataValueField = "MonthId";
ddlStartMonth.DataBind();
ddlStartMonth.Items.Insert(0, "Select Start Month");}
}
It is a very weird problem
when I change the value of the drop down list, a new drop down list is show. I am so confused,
To know what I am talking about, please check these images.
edit
code for bind
CallerId = Request["CallerID"];
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(CallerId)) return;
var results = ZumaDa.GetCustomerInformation(CallerId);
rowCount = results.Rows.Count;
CallerId = rowCount > 0 ? results.Rows[0][4].ToString() : CallerId;
if (rowCount > 1)
{
ListView1.Enabled = false;
GridView1.DataSource = results;
GridView1.DataBind();
}
else
{
GridView1.Enabled = false;
ListView1.DataSource = results;
ListView1.DataBind();
}
That code is in page load and NOT on !ispostback
Since you updated your question with the ListView markup, and your Page_Load code, it appears the problem of the duplicated DropDownList goes away after you wrap your databinding code in an if (!Page.IsPostBack) block.
One problem in your code is that, in your SelectedIndexChanged event, you're searching the ListView for your DropDownList and TextBox. You need to search the ListViewItem control where the SelectedIndexChanged event occurred.
To do that, you can first get the DropDownList from the "sender" parameter. Then you should find the "NamingContainer" control of the DropDownList, and search that. Like this:
var dropDown = (DropDownList)sender;
var visitID = (TextBox)dropDown.NamingContainer.FindControl("visitID");
That second line of code might need to have an additional ".NamingContainer" depending on your markup.
I think you need to bind listview in !IsPostback check means when do postback it pageload event fired and it bind dropdown with second time or if its not please share binding code
I want that my dropdownlist display first value: "-choose car-"
I succeed at this way:
protected void ddl1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Convert.ToInt32(ddl1.SelectedValue);
ddl1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("-Choose car-", "-Choose car-" ));
}
and that's ok,the "-choose-" is in the first place but the problem now is that if I have values,for example,the dropdownlist show like that:
-Choose car-
Subaro
Fiat
Honda
The first value that display when I'm enter to the site is the Subaro,and to see the -choose car- the user need to open the dropdownlist and then he will see the -choose car- at the first place.How can I do that from the start,from the page load - the -choose car- will display at the ddl from the page load.Where I wrong at the code ?
I tried the itemlist with AppendDataBoundItems = "true" but I got an error, and when I succeed,the problem is the same like I said before.
You were on the right track with using the AppendDataBoundItems property, it should be set to true if you're databinding the list.
Your markup should look like this
<asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="ddl1" AppendDataBoundItems="true">
<asp:ListItem Text="-Choose car-" />
</asp:DropDownList>
and your code behind probably already looks something like this
ddl1.DataSource = [your datasource goes here];
ddl1.DataBind();
This will place the Choose car text as the first option in the drop-down list and append the rest of the options below it.
Now for the more interesting part of why you were seeing the behavior you were seeing (first item not being selected). If you look at the implementation of SelectedIndex using a tool like JustDecompile (not affiliated with Telerik, just happen to use their tool) you'll see code that looks like this:
public int SelectedIndex
{
get
{
int num = 0;
num++;
while (num < this.Items.Count)
{
if (this.Items[num].Selected)
{
return num;
}
}
return -1;
}
set
{
// stuff you don't care about
this.ClearSelection();
if (value >= 0)
{
this.Items[value].Selected = true;
}
// more stuff you don't care about
}
}
As you can see, the index isn't stored anywhere, it's computed every time based on which item has the Selected property set to true. When you set the SelectedIndex to 0 in the markup and databind your datasource, it will select the 0th item in that list, in your case Subaro. When you insert a new item at the beginning of the list, Subaro is still marked as the selected item, which is why when the page loads, you see that selected and not Choose car. If you want to mark Choose car as the selected item using code, you will have to do it after you data databind your dropdown. Please note, this is just an implementation detail of how DropdownList works. It could change in future version of ASP.NET so do not write code that relies on it working this way.
Make sure that you bind the data source and insert you "-choose care-" item first before selected he first item
make sure when you insert your 1st item "-Choose car-" you make it once not on each PostBack. Check if not IsPostBack to add the 1st item.
EDIT:
Example:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(!IsPostBack)
{
ddl1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("-Choose car-", "-Choose car-" ));
}
ddl1.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
You should do ddl1.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("-Choose car-", "-Choose car-")); first, and than ddl1.SelectedIndex = 0
private void FillCar()
{
DataTable dt = GetCar();
ddl1.Items.Clear();
ddl1.DataSource = dt;
ddl1.DataTextField = "carName"; // field name in the database
ddl1.DataValueField = "CarNum"; // field name in the database
ddl1.DataBind();
ListItem li = new ListItem();
li.Text = "--Choose car--";
li.Value = "-1";
ddl1.Items.Insert(0, li);
ddl1.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
I use method like this and call it in the page load in if (!IsPostBack){}.
I have one asp.net application, in which i have one dropdown which is binded to dataset. But after selecting one item, the drop down gets cleared all the value, How we can resolve this issue?
This is my dropdown list in design page:
<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlProduct" runat="server" CssClass="textEntry" Width="300px"
AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlProduct_SelectedIndexChanged">
</asp:DropDownList>
and binding code is shown below.
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack)
BindProductDdl();
}
private void BindProductDdl()
{
Products objProducts = new Products();
dsProducts dsProduct = new dsProducts();
ListItem olst = default(ListItem);
olst = new ListItem(" Select", "0");
dsProduct = objProducts.GetDataset("");
ddlProduct.DataSource = dsProduct;
ddlProduct.DataTextField = "Product";
ddlProduct.DataValueField = "Id";
ddlProduct.DataBind();
ddlProduct.Items.Insert(0, olst);
}
protected void ddlProduct_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Products objProducts = new Products();
dsProducts dsProduct = new dsProducts();
string criteria = "";
if (ddlProduct.SelectedItem.Text != " Select")
{
string id = ddlProduct.SelectedItem.Value;
criteria = "Id='" + id + "'";
dsProduct = objProducts.GetDataset(criteria);
productValue = Convert.ToDecimal(dsProduct.tblProducts.Rows[0]["Value"].ToString());
}
}
Thanks in advance..
From your question if I understand correctly you dont want the dropdown list to rebind if it is populated. Also please check your viewstate, this should not be happening, unless you have disabled viewstate
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (!IsPostBack && ddlProduct.Items.count <=0 )
BindProductDdl();
}
Set the AppendDataBoundItems property of the dropdown to true and this will allow you to have a mix of databound items and non databound items (otherwise that insert statement is clearing your list)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.listcontrol.appenddatabounditems.aspx
Do you have viewstate disabled on the page? Since you are only loading the items into the dropdownlist on the first load of the page, if viewstate is not enabled there will be nothing in the list after the postback.
Not positive, but I've seen in other languages and false interpretation...
You have your product Value as convert of ToDecimal which implies 99.999 for example.
If your ID that you are binding to is based on a whole number (ie: Integer basis), the bound value won't match... even if Value = 1 vs Value = 1.00 it won't match and will not be considered a valid "value" that matches your list. Convert your answer to a whole/integer number and it might do what you expect.
Without seeing the full source for the page I am simply speculating, but have you disabled ViewState on the page? If so, the DropDownList cannot retain its values between postbacks and the lists will have to be reloaded each time.
(Scroll down to bottom of post to find solution.)
Got a asp.net page which contains a
Datalist. Inside this datalist, there
is a template containing a
dropdownlist and each time the
datalist is filled with an item, a
ItemCreatedCommand is called. The
itemCreatedCommand is responsible for
databinding the dropdownlist.
I think the problem lies here, that
I'm using ItemCreatedCommand to
populate it - but the strange things
is that if I choose the color "green",
the page will autopostback, and I will
see that the dropdown is still on the
color green, but when trying to use
it's SelectedIndex, I always get 0...
protected void DataListProducts_ItemCreatedCommand(object
source, DataListItemEventArgs e)
var itemId = (String)DataListProducts.DataKeys[e.Item.ItemIndex];
var item = itemBLL.GetFullItem(itemId);
var DropDownListColor = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("DropDownListColor");
//Also tried with :
//if(!isPostBack) {
DropDownListColor.DataSource = item.ColorList;
DropDownList.Color.Databind();
// } End !isPostBack)
Label1.test = DropDownListColor.SelectedIndex.toString();
// <- THIS IS ALWAYS 0! *grr*
I've narrowed down the code a bit for
viewing, but still you can see what
I'm trying to do :) The reason for
why I'm doing this, and not declaring
the datasource for the colors directly
i aspx-page, is that I need to run a
test if(showColors), but I do not want
to clutter up the html-page with code
that I feel should be in the code
behind-file.
EDIT: After trying to alter
SelectedIndexChange - I'm having a
"logical" confusion in my head now -
how am I to alter elements inside the
datalist? Since, as far as I know - I
do not have any way to check which of
the items in the datalist this
particular dropdownlist belongs to...
Or? I'm going to try out a few ways
and see what I end up with ;) But do
please post your thoughts on this
question :)
SOLUTION:
Either bubble the event to ItemCommand, or Handle the event, get the senders parent(which is a datalistItem and manipulate elements in there.
protected void DropDownListColor_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DropDownList dropDownListColor = (DropDownList)sender;
DataListItem dataListItem = (DataListItem)dropDownListColor.Parent;
var item = items[dataListItem.ItemIndex];
var color = item.ItemColor[dropDownListColor.SelectedIndex];
var LabelPrice = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("LabelPrice");
LabelPrice.Text = color.Price;
}
When the DataList is data-bound, the AutoPostBack has not been handled yet, i.e. the values in the ItemCreated event are still the original values.
You need to handle the SelectedIndexChange event of the dropdown control.
Regarding your 2nd question:
I suggest you remove the AutoPostBack from the dropdown, add an "Update" button, and update the data in the button Click event.
The button can hold Command and CommandArgument values, so it's easy to associate with a database record.
some MSDN links with C# examples on bubbling
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.control.onbubbleevent.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa719644(VS.71).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa720044(VS.71).aspx
Thank You for your solution
protected void ddlOnSelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) {
try {
ModalPopupExtender1.Show();
if (ViewState["Colors"] != null) {
FillColors(ViewState["Colors"].ToString());
}
DropDownList dropDownListColor = (DropDownList)sender;
DataListItem dataListItem = (DataListItem)dropDownListColor.Parent;
Image image = (Image)dataListItem.FindControl("mdlImage");
Label ProductCode = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("lblprdCode");
Label ProductName = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("lblProdName");
DropDownList ddlQuantity = (DropDownList)dataListItem.FindControl("ddlQuantity");
Label ProductPrice = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("lblProdPrice");
Label TotalPrice = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("lblTotPrice");
//Label ProductPrice = (Label)dataListItem.FindControl("lblProdPrice");
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
}