DropDownList properties .. no SelectedValue ...

[Barrie Wilson]

I have a DropDownList on a plain vanilla ASPX page,

<aspropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" .... etc >

The issue is that Intellisense is not displaying "SelectedValue" as an
option ... I'm using VS 2005, Framework 2.0.50727 and coding in C# ...

Anyone have any idea what might be going on here?

TIA

BW

 

[Teemu Keiski]

It is meant to be used in code only. SelectedValue property is assigned with
Browsable(false) attribute which prevents it from being viewed / edited in
design-time.

 

[Barrie Wilson]

It is meant to be used in code only. SelectedValue property is assigned
with Browsable(false) attribute which prevents it from being viewed /
edited in design-time.

Thanks, Teemu ... so is there a better way to bind a DropDownList value
which is part of a FormView InsertItemTemplate to a data source? Right now
I'm ignoring Intellisense and using this:

<InsertItemTemplate >
<aspropDownList ID="drawingTypes"
runat="server"
DataSourceID="SQL_DatSource_drawingTypes"
SelectedValue='<%# Bind("dType") %>'
DataTextField="dType"
DataValueField="dType"
</aspropDownList>
.....
</InsertItemTemplate >

this works fine ... what is the prefered way of doing this if not by using
SelectedValue in the template?

 

[Teemu Keiski]

Yes, it can be bound just fine. It just isn't Visible i basically in
property browser (and therefore not in ASPX Intellisense).