C# Word.Interop Change text of ContentControl DropDownList

Question

I want to change of a ContentControl using Word.Interop. It works with a ContentControl of Type Text. But it fails with a ContentControl of type wdContentControlDropdownList. Error message something like "You are not allowed to change because the field is protected".

Is there any way to change the active item of a DropDownList?

private void setstatus(string status)
{
    ContentControls ccList;
    ccList = this.activeDocument.SelectContentControlsByTitle("Status");
    ContentControl cc = ccList[1];
    // works with wdContentControlText
    // fails with wdContentControlDropdownList
    cc.Range.Text = status;
}

Answer 1

Finally I found a working solution.

private void setstatus(string value)
{
    ContentControls ccList;
    ccList = activeDocument.SelectContentControlsByTitle("Status");
    ContentControl cc = ccList[1];
    // search all list entries and select the required item
    foreach (ContentControlListEntry ccl in cc.DropdownListEntries)
    {
        if (ccl.Text == value)
        {
           ccl.Select();
           break;
        }
    }
}