"Tu-Thach" wrote:

> How did you get a hold of the DropDownList? Did you use the FindControl
> method?
>
> "Kurt Schroeder" wrote:
>
> > thanks for answering.
> > that will not work because the dropdown list is a child control of the
> > datagrid. I tried it and i gives me a run time error. even afteri manuelly
> > decoarred it a protected with events....
> > but thanks! and please let me know if i'm wrong about this!
> > kes
> > "Tu-Thach" wrote:
> >
> > > You set the index like this:
> > >
> > > dropdown.SelectedIndex = 0; // or whatever value you want 1,2,3.
> > >
> > > "Kurt Schroeder" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm getting there!!!!
> > > > I've used the artical http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/050801-1.shtml
> > > > to create my dropdown list from a database. The DDL gets populated! The
> > > > artical says, "then set the index as you normally would". Well, what can i
> > > > say i can't figure out how to set it.
> > > > any ideas would be great!
> > > > thanks