Sorry, I am brand new to VS and didn't realize that a dropdown control is different from a dropdown list. I just thought I wasn't looking in the right place.
On Oct 21, 12:24 pm, Cerebrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect, rather, that Imstac is talking about a DropDownList (DDL), > as opposed to a ComboBox (common Web v/s Windows confusion). Imstac, > it is entirely your responsibility as the asker to specify the > platform and type of application you are working on and also to use > correct terminology when formulating a question. Finally, it is > incumbent upon you to do some deduction when someone answers your > question. If I had been in your place, I would've looked up the > "DropDownStyle" property that Glenn mentioned and immediately found > that it belongs to the ComboBox control (Windows apps). I then > would've deduced that Glenn has mistaken my meaning. That would have > been a more helpful response than "I don't see any such property". > > To answer your question, > This kind of functionality is usually implemented by having a first > entry in the DDL such as "-- Select One --". This entry usually has a > value such as "0", which you can check for when the page submits (or > using a Validator control to prevent page submission, altogether). > This way, you have a workaround for the default selection problem as > well as being able to allow no selection in the field (turn off > validation). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DotNetDevelopment You may subscribe to group Feeds using a RSS Feed Reader to stay upto date using following url <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment";> http://feeds.feedburner.com/DotNetDevelopment</a> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
