Question

I currently have a dropdown list being populated with values from a database. I need to add an additional value in the dropdown to allow the users to add another value. This new value will be “Add Contact” and if selected will take the user to a new page. Is this possible to do and how would I go about doing it?

Answer 1

<asp:DropDownList ID="DrpDwnLstRecords" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="DrpDwnLstRecords_SelectedIndexChanged"/>

private void FillDrpDwnLstRecords()
{
 DrpDwnLstRecords.Items.Clear();
 ListItem listItem = new ListItem("Add Contact","addContact");
 //fill the dropdown from database here

}

protected void DrpDwnLstRecords_SelectedIndexChanged(..,..)
{
 string selectedRecordValue = DrpDwnLstRecords.SelectValue;
 if(selectedRecordValue == "addContact")
 {
  //go to new page
 }
}

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