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naspinski on 01/11/09


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set your DropDownList to a specified value

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URL: http://naspinski.net/post/Simplify-setting-your-DropDownLists-to-a-specific-value.aspx

usage: SomeDropDownList.Set("Some String Value");

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  1. public static void Set(this DropDownList ddl, string findByVal)
  2. { // attempts to set a DDL to the 'findByVal'
  3.   try { ddl.SelectedIndex = ddl.Items.IndexOf(ddl.Items.FindByValue(findByVal)); }
  4.   catch { }; // otherwise statys at the default, avoids errors
  5. }

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