Question

I am using asp.net and vb.net as code behind. I have dropdown box. It will populate the list of values on page load. I have a data coming from webservice. arrdata consists of web service data.

If IsNothing(arrData(12)) Then
  DropDownList_mylist.Items.Add(New ListItem("Choose"))
  DropDownList_mylist.SelectedIndex = DropDownList_mylist.Items.IndexOf(DropDownList_mylist.Items.FindByText("Choose"))
Else
  DropDownList_mylist.SelectedIndex = DropDownList_mylist.Items.IndexOf(DropDownList_mylist.Items.FindByText(arrData(12)))
End If

The problem is, it is giving the first item. not the correct item.

Answer 1

Use the AppendDataBoundItems property and set it to true if there are existing items in the list already.

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