>Sorry, I was probably a bit confusing in my message. I tried this first:
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if (this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == 11 || this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == 7)

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>which didn't work because SelectedValue is apparently a string. I thought it would have been an int as it was bound to an int value.
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>So I then tried this:
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if (this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == '11' || this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == '7')

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>Which didn't work either.
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>I eventually got it right with this:
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if (this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == "11" || this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == "7")

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>So, it seems that single and double quotation marks are not interchangeable in C# as they are in VFP. Is that correct?

Single quotes are for Character literals. e.g.

Char x = 'c';
String x2 = "c";

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>>Looks like you need to cast the two strings as ints : (int)"11", no?
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>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I want to compare the SelectedValue of a Drop Down List with a status value, but I'm getting this error:
>>>
>>>Operator '==' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'int
>>>
>>>My code is:
>>>
>>>UPDATE: changed the next line to include "" marks and got it fixed, I had been using single quotations and that wasn't working
>>>

            if (this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == "11" || this.cboStatus.SelectedValue == "7")
>>>            {
>>>                this.lblDeathDate.Visible = true;
>>>                this.txtDeathDate.Visible = true;
>>>                this.btnDisplayDeathDateCalendar.Visible = true;
>>>            }

>>>
>>>My DropDownList definition is:
>>>
>>>

                            <mm:mmDropDownList ID="cboStatus" runat="server" BindingSource="Status" BindingSourceDisplayMember="Status"
>>>                                BindingSourceValueMember="StatusPK" BindingValueSource="Policy" BindingValueSourceMember="StatusFK"
>>>                                Enabled="False" AutoPostBack="true" OnTextChanged="cboStatus_TextChanged">
>>>                            </mm:mmDropDownList>
>>>

>>>
>>>What do I need to do to compare this?