Saturday, March 24, 2012

CascadingDropDown setting SelectedValue programmatically doesnt work

Hi

I have a page which has four dropdowns "linked" together via CascadingDropDown Extenders.

The page works fine, except that I sometimes want the dropdowns to be pre-populated and specific items selected programmatically.

e.g.

1cddlMakes.SelectedValue = cmk.Vehicle.Make.ID2cddlModels.SelectedValue = cmk.Vehicle.Model.ID3cddlTypes.SelectedValue = cmk.Vehicle.Type.ID4cddlEngines.SelectedValue = cmk.Vehicle.Engine.ID

The first 2 dropdowns load and display the correct selected value, but the other two dropdowns SelectedValues don't get set and stay on the "Please Select..." option.

Any ideas?

Using the sample page, I have no issue programmatically setting any of the 3 cascading drop down extenders' selected value. Are you setting the extenders or the controls?
12 CascadingDropDown1.SelectedValue ="Acura";3 CascadingDropDown2.SelectedValue ="Integra";4 CascadingDropDown3.SelectedValue ="Green";

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