I need to create many dropdownlists at runtime and select a different item for each one. To avoid accessing the DB continuously I create a single dropdownlist of which I copy the items in the cloned dropdownlists. Strangely all the dropdownlists created select the item of the last dropdownlist and I don't understand why! I had to insert the cleaning of the selected items ["DlistClone.ClearSelection ()"] because otherwise the code goes wrong. Can anyone help me? thanks
Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim MyRow As New TableRow
Dim MyCell As New TableCell
Dim DList As DropDownList
Dim DlistClone As DropDownList
DList = New DropDownList
DList.Items.Add("1")
DList.Items.Add("2")
DList.Items.Add("3")
MyRow = New TableRow
MyCell = New TableCell
DlistClone = New DropDownList
ClonaDList(DList, DlistClone)
DlistClone.ClearSelection()
DlistClone.Items.FindByText("3").Selected = True
MyCell.Controls.Add(DlistClone)
MyRow.Cells.Add(MyCell)
Table1.Rows.Add(MyRow)
MyRow = New TableRow
MyCell = New TableCell
DlistClone = New DropDownList
ClonaDList(DList, DlistClone)
DlistClone.ClearSelection()
DlistClone.Items.FindByText("2").Selected = True
MyCell.Controls.Add(DlistClone)
MyRow.Cells.Add(MyCell)
Table1.Rows.Add(MyRow)
End Sub
Sub ClonaDList(ByVal Origine As DropDownList, ByVal Destinazione As DropDownList)
Dim I As Integer
Dim EleList As ListItem
For I = 0 To Origine.Items.Count - 1
EleList = Origine.Items(I)
Destinazione.Items.Add(EleList)
Next I
End Sub
Ok, I got it myself! When I do
EleList = Origin.Items (I)
Destination.Items.Add (EleList)
I create an inadvertent binding between the source Dropdownlist and the destination one. To interrupt the binding I must necessarily use a bridge between the two controls, in this case I use the Listitem object by setting the 2 properties in 2 successive steps
Sub ClonaDList(ByRef Origine As DropDownList, ByRef Destinazione As DropDownList)
Dim I As Integer
Dim EleList As ListItem
For I = 0 To Origine.Items.Count - 1
EleList = New ListItem
EleList.Text = Origine.Items(I).Text
EleList.Value = Origine.Items(I).Value
Destinazione.Items.Add(EleList)
Next I
End Sub
Did I say it right?