AppendDataBoundItems and ComboBox

[Jesper]

Hi,
how to translate below from asp:dropdownlist to telerik:radcombobox

asp

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlSupplier" runat="server" Width="140px"  Enabled="True" onselectedindexchanged="ddlSupplier_SelectedIndexChanged" AppendDataBoundItems="True" AutoPostBack="True" TabIndex="1">
          <asp:ListItem>--- abc ---</asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>

telerik

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox_Supplier" runat="server" Width="140px"
       AppendDataBoundItems="true" AutoPostBack="true">
</telerik:RadComboBox>

How to write/add following line (asp) <asp:ListItem>--- abc ---</asp:ListItem> to telerik syntax?

Rgds,
Jesper

[Shinu]

Hello Jesper,

Here is the aspx for the same.
aspx:

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1" AppendDataBoundItems="true" DataTextField="EmployeeID" DataValueField="LastName">
      <Items >
         <telerik:RadComboBoxItem Text="Select" Value="-1" />
      </Items>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Jesper]

Hi Shiny,
below also gives me what I want. What's the difference from your suggestion?

<telerik:RadComboBox ID="RadComboBox_Supplier" runat="server" Width="140px" AppendDataBoundItems="True" AutoPostBack="True">
 <Items>
   <telerik:RadComboBoxItem runat="server" Text="--- Select ---" Value="--- Select ---" />
 </Items>
</telerik:RadComboBox>

I always want to keep this item together with sql query loaded items.

Rgds,
Jesper