Question

When I run code the below, the If statement never resolves to ‘True’. It always shows ‘Assm’ as the SelectedItem, even if I check all the checkboxes.

So how do I allow ‘Assm’ to be checked by default AND have the code-behind see that the other checkboxes are checked?

<asp:CheckBoxList ID="qualityChecks" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" TabIndex="8">
    <asp:ListItem Text="Assm" Selected="True"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Qual"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="PMgr"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Plant"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:CheckBoxList>

If qualityChecks.SelectedItem.Text = "Qual" Then
    'Some Code
End If

Answer 1

SelectedItem of a CheckBoxList works that way.
What you want to do is iterate through the ListItems and see if they are Checked.

For each li as ListItem in qualitychecks.items
  if li.checked and li.text = "Qual" then       
    'some code
  end if
next