Question

i have a dropdownlist in a gridview

            <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Backup Frequency">
                <ItemTemplate>
     <asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server">


    <asp:ListItem Text="Once a Day" Value="86400">Once a Day</asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Once a weak" Value="604800">Once a week</asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="As They Change" Value="0">As They Change</asp:ListItem>

                </asp:DropDownList>
</ItemTemplate>
            </asp:TemplateField>

now it displays Once a Day in the dropdownlist in each row…. but i want that the first row should have its dropdownlist showing “As They Change”…

protected void GridView1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        foreach (GridViewRow myRow in GridView1.Rows)
        {
            Label Label1 = (Label)myRow.FindControl("Label1");
            if (Label1.Text == "User Data")
            {DropDownList DropDownList1 = (DropDownList)myRow.FindControl("DropDownList1");
                DropDownList1.SelectedValue = "As They Change";
            }
        }
    }

but this is not showing As they change…
Any suggestions??

Answer 1

You’re setting SelectedValue but your DropDownList Values are “84600”, “604800”, “0”. You need to set the SelectedValue to “0” for “As they change” to show.