Telerik RadComboBox supports server-side events - simply set the AutoPostBack property to true and the combo will fire the SelectedIndexChanged event whenever the users selects a new item. The event handler of SelectedIndexChanged event receives arguments of type RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs which contain the current and previous text of the combo input field.
Consider the example below:

| ASPX |
Copy Code |
|
<radcb:RadComboBox id="RadComboBox1" Runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="RadComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged"> </radcb:RadComboBox> |
| C# |
Copy Code |
|
private void RadComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object o, Telerik.WebControls.RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs e) { Label1.Text = String.Format("Currently selected item: '{0}'. Previosly selected item: '{1}'", e.Text, e.OldText); } |
| VB.NET |
Copy Code |
|
Private Sub RadComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal o As Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WebControls.RadComboBoxSelectedIndexChangedEventArgs) Label1.Text = String.Format("Currently selected item: '{0}'. Previosly selected item: '{1}'", e.Text, e.OldText) End Sub
|