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Do both dropdowns set the dropdownstyle to dropdownList. If the user can type free text into the box then sometimes the index does not change and hence the event does not trigger.
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Do both dropdowns set the dropdownstyle to dropdownList. If the user can type free text into the box then sometimes the index does not change and hence the event does not trigger.

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I'm guessing the above should be <b>ComboBox</b> rather than <b>DropDownList</b>--it's been so long since I've done WinForms. The concept is the same; change the class accordingly. &nbsp; = )
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I'm guessing the above should be ComboBox rather than DropDownList--it's been so long since I've done WinForms. The concept is the same; change the class accordingly.   = )

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add<br />
Dim ddl As <i>&lt;your control type&gt;</i> = DirectCast(sender, <i>&lt;your control type&gt;</i> )<br />
dosomething(ddl.selectedit<wbr />em.text)<br />
&lt;your control type&gt; is whatever control you want/need. i.e. button, combobox, etc.
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add
Dim ddl As <your control type> = DirectCast(sender, <your control type> )
dosomething(ddl.selecteditem.text)
<your control type> is whatever control you want/need. i.e. button, combobox, etc.

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Protected Sub ddlManagers_SelectedIndexC<wbr />hanged(sen<wbr />der As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ddlManagersTop.SelectedInd<wbr />exChanged,<wbr /> ddlManagersBottom.Selected<wbr />IndexChang<wbr />ed<br />
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dosomething(ddlManagersTop<wbr />.SelectedI<wbr />tem.Text)<br />
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&nbsp;End Sub<br />
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I have one function for two dropdown selected index changed events,<br />
Now above code workd only if the selection in Top dropdown changes but not working for the botton drop down.<br />
How can I make it work for both the dropdowns/
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Protected Sub ddlManagers_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ddlManagersTop.SelectedIndexChanged, ddlManagersBottom.SelectedIndexChanged

dosomething(ddlManagersTop.SelectedItem.Text)

 End Sub

I have one function for two dropdown selected index changed events,
Now above code workd only if the selection in Top dropdown changes but not working for the botton drop down.
How can I make it work for both the dropdowns/

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