Question

How do i convert this line of code to eg, <li>DE</li>

optionlist.Append("<option value=\"" +
                  DB.RSField(rs, "Name") +
                  "\" " +
                  CommonLogic.IIF(currentLocaleSetting == DB.RSField(rs, "Name"), " selected ", String.Empty) +
                  ">" +
                  DB.RSField(rs, "Description") +
                  "</option>");

I also tried this:

optionlist.Append("<li>" + "a href=" + 
"/setlocale.aspx?returnURL=Default.aspx&localesetting=" + DB.RSField(rs, "Name") +
 "</a>" + CommonLogic.IIF(currentLocaleSetting == DB.RSField(rs, "Name"), "", String.Empty) + "" + DB.RSField(rs, "Description") + "</li>");

But this creates the the following which is WRONG:

a href=/setlocale.aspx?returnURL=Default.aspx&localesetting=de-DEDeutsch

Answer 1

The code should look like this in order to generate list items:

optionlist.Append("<ul>");

//loop start here...
optionlist.AppendFormat("<li>{0}</li>", DB.RSField(rs, "Name"));
//loop ends here...

optionlist.Append("</ul>");

This will “lose” the description though, so to add it as well:

optionlist.Append("<ul>");

//loop start here...
optionlist.AppendFormat("<li>{0} <a href=\"/setlocale.aspx?returnURL=Default.aspx&localesetting={0}\">{1}</a></li>", DB.RSField(rs, "Name"), DB.RSField(rs, "Description"));
//loop ends here...

optionlist.Append("</ul>");

The above will show the description next to each name.