How to select item from drop downlist?

[Laksh]

Im getting the following json response from the server.

[{"TaxYear":2014,"IsCurrentFlag":false},{"TaxYear":2013,"IsCurrentFlag":true},{"TaxYear":2012,"IsCurrentFlag":false}]

How do I set the selected item based on "IsCurrentFlag" where "IsCurrentFlag  == true" ?

Below is my code to Create DataSource and Set the DropDownList.

var taxYearsDS: kendo.data.DataSource = createDataSource("GetYears");

var $taxYears: JQuery = $("#taxYears");
    $taxYears.kendoDropDownList({
        dataSource: taxYearsDS,
        dataTextField: "TaxYear",
        dataValueField: "TaxYear"
    });

    function createDataSource(action: string): kendo.data.DataSource {
        var schema: kendo.data.DataSourceSchema;

        return new kendo.data.DataSource({
            type: type,
            transport: {
                read: {
                    url: svcUrl + "/myapi/" + action,
                    dataType: "json"
                },
            },
            schema: schema,
            serverFiltering: false
        });
    }

[Georgi Krustev]

Hello Laksh,

I will suggest you wire the dataBound event of the widget and use its select method with predicate:

function dataBound() {
    this.select(function(dataItem) {
        return dataItem.isCurrentFlag === true;
    });
}

Regards,
Georgi Krustev
Telerik