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Hi Experts,

I have two drop down lists on one page, I have a base class that exposes properties for the form values so that they can be used throughout the request.

Here are the drop down selected index changed methods:

protected void ddProducts_Changed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (int.Parse(ddProducts.SelectedItem.Value) == 0)
{

}
else
{
BuildCardDesignDropDown(0,int.Parse(ddProducts.SelectedItem.Value),editCardDesign.ClientId);
}
}

protected void ddClients_Changed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
editCardDesign.ClientId = int.Parse(ddClients.SelectedItem.Value);
}

when i put a watch on BuildCardDesignDropDown call, the editCardDesign.ClientId is 0, but the client drop down list appears before the card drop down list and therefore sets the editCardDesign.ClientId.

I believe this is being caused by the page posting a post back when the user selects a client (drop down), but I thought that setting my exposed property would then still be available later on.

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question is not well clear, cud u pls give more details....

watherton

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sure...

user selects a client from the client dropdown list and sets a property of ClientId with the selected value. This property is in a class that is declared as follows:

CardDesign editCardDesign = new CardDesign.

Ok then the user has to select the Product, the BuildCardDesignDropDown method expects three params, these are used to populate another drop down list of CardDesigns.
However, when I pass editCardDesign.ClientID, which has been set by the client drop down selection, this value return 0.

Why is this?

Hope this is clear

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