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How to convert a dropdown field to radio button control in SharePoint Designer 2007

You would think this is simple, but I am having trouble changing a dropdown field on a SharePoint designer 2007 form to a radio control. The drop down field has 5 options. In SharePoint Designer I click (highlight) the dropdown field and click the arrow on the right which brings up a menu. The menu list common FormField Tasks. Where I have the option to select a data field and format as. When I select my field with a radio button format my dropdown field is converted to a single radio button with no label. How do I get this radio button control to pick up my options? Or, what is the correct syntax to rewrite the control to include my options?

Original dropdown field:
<SharePoint:FormField runat="server" id="ff25{$Pos}" ControlMode="New"
FieldName="Project_x0020_Type"
__designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff25',$Pos),'Value','ValueChanged',
'ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@Project_x0020_Type')}" />

New Option Button field:
<asp:RadioButton runat="server" id="ff25{$Pos}" text=" "
__designer:bind="{ddwrt:DataBind('i',concat('ff25',$Pos),'Checked','CheckedChang
ed','ID',ddwrt:EscapeDelims(string(@ID)),'@Project_x0020_Type')}" />

Any help is appreciated.

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Hi!
RadioButton is not data bound control (it is single radio button as you see). You should use RadioButtonList control instead (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.radiobuttonlist(v=vs.90).aspx)

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Michael Carrillo

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@rnh82, That was the problem!
I forgot, I rebuilt this list. Originally it was defined in SharePoint as radio button, but when I rebuilt the list, I left it as dropdown.

Thanks!

Michael Carrillo

ASKER

Sometimes you just need to get a fresh perspective.
Thank You!