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selected value problem

I have this codes below.. On this foreach (ddTo.Items) gives me all the customers inside the combobox, all I want whatever value is selected.. How can I get that? If I have more than one item SelectedValue is not working...by just saying .selectedValue = ..

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="ddTo" runat="server" Width="99%" Skin="Windows7" AutoCompleteSeparator=";"
DataSourceID="dsSelectCustomers" DataTextField="Name" DataValueField="custID"
EmptyMessage="Enter Name(s)" MarkFirstMatch="true" AllowCustomText="true"
ShowDropDownOnTextboxClick="false" ShowToggleImage="false" />

string comboBoxValue="" ;
foreach (RadComboBoxItem item in ddTo.Items)
{
comboBoxValue = comboBoxValue + ((comboBoxValue == "") ? "" : ",") + item.Value;
}

wdosanjos

Please try:

string comboBoxValue="" ;              
foreach (RadComboBoxItem item in ddTo.Items)
{
    if (item.Selected)
    {
        comboBoxValue = comboBoxValue + ((comboBoxValue == "") ? "" : ",") + item.Value;
    }
}

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1jaws

ASKER

no this didnt work.... item.Selected shows false all the time because this combobox is shows like a textbox, it is not pulls down like regular dropdown... because of this property makes combobox looks like text box...ShowDropDownOnTextboxClick="false"

wdosanjos

I think the following thread addresses your problem:

problem in get selectedItems when use AutoCompleteSeparator
http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/aspnet-ajax/combobox/problem-in-get-selecteditems-when-use-autocompleteseparator.aspx

If that's the case, the following code should work for you:

string comboBoxValue="" ;
string[] selectedItemsText = ddTo.Text.ToString().Split(";"); 

foreach (string text in selectedItemsText) 
{
	RadComboBoxItem item = ddTo.FindItemByText(text) as RadComboBoxItem;
	
	if (item != null)
	{
		comboBoxValue = comboBoxValue + ((comboBoxValue == "") ? "" : ",") + item.Value;
	}
}

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1jaws

ASKER

I got those errors..

Error 10 The best overloaded method match for 'string.Split(params char[])' has some invalid arguments

Error 11 Argument 1: cannot convert from 'string' to 'char[]'

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1jaws

ASKER

Thank you so much it works perfect!!