ListControl.AppendDataBoundItems

Hi,

 

This blog post summarizes a simple approach for inserting ‘—Select—‘in the DropDown at position zero.

 

 

Approach 1

ddlDealerGroup.DataSource = Services.Lookup.GetVehicleMultiMatchSelectDealerGroupsList(LenderId, -1); ddlDealerGroup.DataTextField = ConstantKey.DataTextField; ddlDealerGroup.DataValueField = ConstantKey.DataValueField; ddlDealerGroup.DataBind();   ddlDealerGroup.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem(mSelectOption, string.Empty));

Approach 2

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" AppendDataBoundItems="true" runat="server" >     <asp:ListItem Text="--Select--" Value="" />    </asp:DropDownList>   ddlDealerGroup.DataSource = Services.Lookup.GetVehicleMultiMatchSelectDealerGroupsList(LenderId, -1); ddlDealerGroup.DataTextField = ConstantKey.DataTextField; ddlDealerGroup.DataValueField = ConstantKey.DataValueField; ddlDealerGroup.DataBind();

 

 

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Arun Manglick || Senior Tech Lead