Month: June 2011

Setting the SelectedValue of RadioButtonList & DropDownList in GridView EditItemTemplate

Here is a trick one, because IntelliSense doesn’t bring up the “SelectedValue” property for a RadioButtonList, or a DropDownList in an EditItemTemplate for GridViews you may forget that “SelectedValue” is an actual property of these controls.

Here is how you can set the selected value of a RadioButtonList inside an EditItemTemplate

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<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Payment">
<ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lablePayment" runat="server" Text='<%#Eval("PayName")%>' />
</ItemTemplate>
<EditItemTemplate>
  <asp:RadioButtonList Runat = "server" ID="rblPaymentType" SelectedValue='<%#Eval("PayTypeID")%>'>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Check" Value="1"></asp:ListItem>
    <asp:ListItem Text="Credit Card" Value="2"></asp:ListItem>
  </asp:RadioButtonList>
</EditItemTemplate>
</asp:TemplateField>

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