Question

It seems like this should be straightforward but I’m boggling. I’ve got my listview all setup and bound to my LINQ datasource. The source is dependent on a dropdown list which decides which branch information to show in the listview. My edit template works fine but my insert template won’t work because it wants the branch ID which I want to get from the dropdownlist outside the listview but I don’t know how to both bind that value and set it in my template. It looks like this:

<InsertItemTemplate>     <tr style=''>       <td>          <asp:Button ID='InsertButton' runat='server' CommandName='Insert'                 Text='Insert' />      </td>       <td>        <asp:TextBox ID='RechargeRateTextBox' runat='server'            Text='<%# Bind('RechargeRate') %>' />          </td>               <td>        <asp:Calendar SelectedDate='<%# Bind('StartDate') %>' ID='Calendar1'  runat='server'></asp:Calendar>                                            </td>            </tr>     </InsertItemTemplate> 

I need to get a label in there that binds to the value of a databound asp dropdownlist outside of the listview so that the insert will work.

Answer 1

I ended up going with this, thanks twanfosson.

protected void ListView1_ItemInserting(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListViewInsertEventArgs e)         {             e.Values['BranchID'] = DropDownList1.SelectedValue;         }