Bob,

SelectedIndex works for me. I set it to the index (zero-based) of the combo-box item I want to have selected.

>>Bob,
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>>Setting -1 works for WinForms.
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>What works in web forms? Say on a post back I want to set the selected item back to the empty record (index 0)? SelectedIndex doesn't seem to work at all on the web forms.
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>I guess I can do the same that I do to find a value...
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>ddl.Items.FindByValue("").Selected = true;
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>Thanks,
>BOb