>>I need to obtain the value displayed in a DropDownListBox.
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>>How can I obtain the value displayed or selected within the >DropDownListbox? I thought it would be something simple like >DropDownListbox.value, but apparently that is too simple.
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>Bill,
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>I'm assuming this is a web dropdownlist...
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>If you want the index of the selected item use something like:
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>mySelectedIndex = ddlMyDropDownList.SelectedItem.Value
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>To get the text of the selected item use something like this:
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>mySelectedText = ddlMyDropDownList.SelectedItem.Text
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>It is simple, but the terminology can throw you off (as it did me <g>).
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>Regards,
>Carl.

Thanks again, Carl.