Updating DropDownList Items Text

[JQuery]

Hello,

I'm evaluating KendoUI for a project. One of the needs is to be able to dynamically update the text of the items in a DropDownList. With traditional HTML / JQuery, I can do the following:

<select id="myOptions">

  <option value="0">Some Text</option>

  <option value="1">Some Other Text</option>

  <option value="2">Third Option Text</option>           

</select>

 

...

 

$("#myOptions option[value='0']").text(getUpdatedText(0));

$("#myOptions option[value='1']").text(getUpdatedText(1));

$("#myOptions option[value='2']").text(getUpdatedText(2));

This works exactly as desired. I've tried something similar in Kendo, however, I haven't had any success. My most recent attempt looks like this:

<select id="myOptions">

  <option value="0">Some Text</option>

  <option value="1">Some Other Text</option>

  <option value="2">Third Option Text</option>          

</select>

  

...

  

$("#myOptions").kendoDropDownList();

$("#myOptions option[value='0']").text(getUpdatedText(0));

$("#myOptions option[value='1']").text(getUpdatedText(1));

$("#myOptions option[value='2']").text(getUpdatedText(2));

$("#myOptions").data("kendoDropDownList").refresh();

Unfortunately, the text of the options never updates. The reason I need to do this is because I need to update the text of the options on a regular interval. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you!