[Solved] Dynamically created DropDownList loses values

[Digital Man]

I'm creating controls dynamically in the ItemCreated event of my grid. I'm adding these controls to my edit form (WebUserControl) for insert/update. All my textbox type controls work fine but my dropdown control seems to lose its items after postback. How can I get it to keep it values/viewstate after postback? Thanks.


        protected void rgData_ItemCreated(object sender, GridItemEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Item is GridEditFormItem && e.Item.IsInEditMode)
            {
                UserControl edit = e.Item.FindControl(GridEditFormItem.EditFormUserControlID) as UserControl;
                ..........................................
                        switch (type)
                        {
                            case CustomFieldTypeController.CustumFieldTypeEnum.Boolean:
                                c = new DropDownList();
                                ((DropDownList)c).Items.Add(new ListItem("--Select--", ""));
                                ((DropDownList)c).Items.Add(new ListItem("true", "true"));
                                ((DropDownList)c).Items.Add(new ListItem("false", "false"));

                                break;

[Shinu]

Hi Dan,

Can you confirm whether the dropdown values are getting lost on a normal post back or on clicking the edit button of other row? I have found a forum link which discusses a similar issue. Just go through it and see if it helps.
Dynamically created DropDownList loses ListItems on Postback

Shinu

[Digital Man]

Sorry, you may be right. It had the behavior of not saving the ListItems but now it seems something else may be the problem.

[Digital Man]

Yep, I made an @$$ our of myself by @$$uming what the problem was. Sorry for the post. :-)

Was just some bad update logic that made it appear like what I was describing.