Rebind to postback based on selected DropDown value
Hello!
I have a DropDownList on a FormView, bound to XmlDataSources:
<asp:FormView ID="MyFormView" runat="server" DataSourceID="MyXmlDataSource">
<ItemTemplate>
<h1><%# XPath("SomeNode")%></h1>
<asp:Label ID="MyLabel" runat="server" AssociatedControlID="MyDdl" Text='<%# XPath("SomeOtherNode")%>' />
<asp:DropDownList ID="MyDdl"
runat="server"
DataSourceID="MyDdlDataSource"
DataTextField="name"
DataValueField="value"
AutoPostBack="true"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="MyDdl_SelectedIndexChanged">
</asp:DropDownList>
</ItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="MyXmlDataSource" runat="server" XPath="Root/MainSection" />
<asp:XmlDataSource ID="MyDdlDataSource" runat="server" XPath="Root/MainSection/Areas/*" />
In the codebehind of the page, I have the following OnLoad () method as well as a method when the dropdown selection index changes:
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnLoad(e);
if (!IsPostBack)
{
string xml = GetMyXml(0); // default value
MyXmlDataSource.Data = xml;
MyDdlDataSource.Data = xml;
}
}
protected void MyDdl_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DropDownList l_MyDdl = FindControl("MyDdl") as DropDownList;
int myVal;
if (l_MyDdl != null)
if (!Int32.TryParse(l_MyDdl.SelectedItem.Value, out myVal))
myVal = 0;
string xml = GetMyXml(myVal);
MyXmlDataSource.Data = xml;
MyDdlDataSource.Data = xml;
}
If a different value is selected in the dropdown and SelectedIndexChanged is called, I cannot get the dropdown value (FindControl always returns null) to use to re-bind data sources. How can I get this value?
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Since your dropdown is contained in another control, you may need to recursively findcontrol.
http://weblogs.asp.net/palermo4/archive/2007/04/13/recursive-findcontrol-t.aspx
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