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changing options in an asp dropdownlist with javascript

Hi everyone,

I have an asp dropdownlist that has a number of options. I then change the options using javascript based on a user's choice in a previous field. Now my problem is when the page is posted back the options remain the way they were before the javascript changed them. Does anyone know how to change the options of an asp dropdownlist using javascript and have those changes reflected when the page is posted-back?

Pratima

check that ... if you are adding code to fill the dropdown in Pageload ..if yes then put that code inside ispostback condition

if (!Page.IsPostBack)
{

//Code here

}

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ASKER

Thanks pratima_mcs but I don't have any code in my pageload event. Good idea to check though!

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ASKER

Just in case you think there could be something wrong with my javascript, here is the html code for the dropdownlist before and after the javascript changes the options (I'm taking the code from view source in the browser).

Before:
<select name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$TE_Section" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_TE_Section" style="width:160px;">
	<option value="">blah</option>
	<option value="">blah</option>
	<option value="">blah</option>
	<option value="">blah</option>
</select>
 
After:
<select name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$TE_Section" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_TE_Section" style="width: 160px;">
<option value="Car">Car</option>
<option value="Campervan">Campervan</option>
</select>

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Pratima

You need to check during postback did you get the changed value .....

means just Response.write(ddl.selectedvalue ) on pageload

and check whether you are getting changed value ..

if yes then in prerender event just assign that value again to drpdown

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Pratima

can you post your javascript code here ?

Qaiser_Mehmood_Mughal

If you will doing the filling code in
If(!IspostBack)
{
//code
}
then your problem will be solve, as viewstate mantain the state of controls during the postback calls.

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ASKER

Thanks for all your comments everyone. Sorry for not replying sooner (it was night time here). Pratima_mcs, I don't get the value on postback because the page is not actually posting-back. It posts to a different page that I use "PreviousPage.getDDLvalue" where getDDLvalue is a property that returns DDL.SelectedValue. This method works for textboxes and the initial values of the DDL but not for the DDL after it has had it's options replaced using javascript.

I've attached the javascript. If you need anything else let me know.

//First I remove all the options from the dropDownList by calling the following function:
function removeAllOptions(selectbox)
{
	var i;
	for(i=selectbox.options.length-1;i>=0;i--)
	{
		//selectbox.options.remove(i);
		selectbox.remove(i);
	}
}
 
//Then I call the following function each time I want to add a new option to the dropDownList
 
function addOption(selectbox, text, value){
	var optn = document.createElement("OPTION");
	optn.text = text;
	optn.value = value;
	selectbox.options.add(optn);
}

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ASKER

Thanks! After days of trying various ways your solution worked best.