"Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:#NUAh82pGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> Hi
>
> I have a ddl that I have populated with a dataset.
> I have 2 items in the ddl.
> The first one is '3D' and the second one is 'Spot'.
> I have to select Spot - the second item in the ddl and then 3D the
> first item in the ddl to get it to fire for 3D.
> I have autopostback set to true.
> I have heard that I need to put a blank item in the ddl, but not sure
> how I would do this with a dataset.
> I don't want to put a blank record in the table just to get a blank in
> the ddl.
> Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> CindyH
>
>

"Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
> news:#NUAh82pGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a ddl that I have populated with a dataset.
> > I have 2 items in the ddl.
> > The first one is '3D' and the second one is 'Spot'.
> > I have to select Spot - the second item in the ddl and then 3D the
> > first item in the ddl to get it to fire for 3D.
> > I have autopostback set to true.
> > I have heard that I need to put a blank item in the ddl, but not sure
> > how I would do this with a dataset.
> > I don't want to put a blank record in the table just to get a blank in
> > the ddl.
> > Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CindyH
> >
> >
>
> What is it you are attempting to do?  I guess I'm kind of confused because
> a .selectedindexchanged only fires when the items have changed in the
> dropdown... so why would you want the subroutine to run before a user
> changed the index?
>
> If you are populated them from a true dataset you could try and append a
> blank item onto the dataset after the set has populated...  maybe.  (I'm
> pretty new myself) =)
>
> I'm sure we could figure out a fix for what you need!

"Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:ey4#TR3pGHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> Maybe I didn't explain it very well.
> I need the ddl to look like this:
> item 1 - a blank
> item 2 - 3D
> item 3 - Spot
> My dataset selects some names out of a table and orders it in
> alphabetic order, but I need the first item in the ddl to be a blank.
> I tried adding this
> ddlShoots.Items.Add(" ")
>
> after the bind statement, but it puts the blank item at the bottom
> instead of at the top of the ddl.
>
> Thanks,
> CindyH
>
>
>
> "Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9800927104603noreplygmailcom@63.218.45.254...
>> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
>> news:#NUAh82pGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > I have a ddl that I have populated with a dataset.
>> > I have 2 items in the ddl.
>> > The first one is '3D' and the second one is 'Spot'.
>> > I have to select Spot - the second item in the ddl and then 3D the
>> > first item in the ddl to get it to fire for 3D.
>> > I have autopostback set to true.
>> > I have heard that I need to put a blank item in the ddl, but not
>> > sure how I would do this with a dataset.
>> > I don't want to put a blank record in the table just to get a blank
>> > in the ddl.
>> > Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > CindyH
>> >
>> >
>>
>> What is it you are attempting to do?  I guess I'm kind of confused
>> because a .selectedindexchanged only fires when the items have
>> changed in the dropdown... so why would you want the subroutine to
>> run before a user changed the index?
>>
>> If you are populated them from a true dataset you could try and
>> append a blank item onto the dataset after the set has populated...
>> maybe.  (I'm pretty new myself) =)
>>
>> I'm sure we could figure out a fix for what you need!
>
>
>

"Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
> news:ey4#TR3pGHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>
> > Maybe I didn't explain it very well.
> > I need the ddl to look like this:
> > item 1 - a blank
> > item 2 - 3D
> > item 3 - Spot
> > My dataset selects some names out of a table and orders it in
> > alphabetic order, but I need the first item in the ddl to be a blank.
> > I tried adding this
> > ddlShoots.Items.Add(" ")
> >
> > after the bind statement, but it puts the blank item at the bottom
> > instead of at the top of the ddl.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > CindyH
> >
> >
> >
> > "Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9800927104603noreplygmailcom@63.218.45.254...
> >> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
> >> news:#NUAh82pGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
> >>
> >> > Hi
> >> >
> >> > I have a ddl that I have populated with a dataset.
> >> > I have 2 items in the ddl.
> >> > The first one is '3D' and the second one is 'Spot'.
> >> > I have to select Spot - the second item in the ddl and then 3D the
> >> > first item in the ddl to get it to fire for 3D.
> >> > I have autopostback set to true.
> >> > I have heard that I need to put a blank item in the ddl, but not
> >> > sure how I would do this with a dataset.
> >> > I don't want to put a blank record in the table just to get a blank
> >> > in the ddl.
> >> > Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > CindyH
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> What is it you are attempting to do?  I guess I'm kind of confused
> >> because a .selectedindexchanged only fires when the items have
> >> changed in the dropdown... so why would you want the subroutine to
> >> run before a user changed the index?
> >>
> >> If you are populated them from a true dataset you could try and
> >> append a blank item onto the dataset after the set has populated...
> >> maybe.  (I'm pretty new myself) =)
> >>
> >> I'm sure we could figure out a fix for what you need!
> >
> >
> >
>
> Try:
> ddlShoots.Items.Insert(0,"")
>
> That "should" put a 0 index item which "should" go at the top... but who
> knows!

> hey - thank you - that's what I was looking for!
>
>
>
> "Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns980095EC8E398noreplygmailcom@63.218.45.254...
>> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
>> news:ey4#TR3pGHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:
>>
>> > Maybe I didn't explain it very well.
>> > I need the ddl to look like this:
>> > item 1 - a blank
>> > item 2 - 3D
>> > item 3 - Spot
>> > My dataset selects some names out of a table and orders it in
>> > alphabetic order, but I need the first item in the ddl to be a
blank.
>> > I tried adding this
>> > ddlShoots.Items.Add(" ")
>> >
>> > after the bind statement, but it puts the blank item at the bottom
>> > instead of at the top of the ddl.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > CindyH
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Zamael" <nore***@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Xns9800927104603noreplygmailcom@63.218.45.254...
>> >> "Cindy H" <nonn***@nowhere.com> wrote in
>> >> news:#NUAh82pGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi
>> >> >
>> >> > I have a ddl that I have populated with a dataset.
>> >> > I have 2 items in the ddl.
>> >> > The first one is '3D' and the second one is 'Spot'.
>> >> > I have to select Spot - the second item in the ddl and then 3D
the
>> >> > first item in the ddl to get it to fire for 3D.
>> >> > I have autopostback set to true.
>> >> > I have heard that I need to put a blank item in the ddl, but not
>> >> > sure how I would do this with a dataset.
>> >> > I don't want to put a blank record in the table just to get a
blank
>> >> > in the ddl.
>> >> > Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> > CindyH
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> What is it you are attempting to do?  I guess I'm kind of confused
>> >> because a .selectedindexchanged only fires when the items have
>> >> changed in the dropdown... so why would you want the subroutine to
>> >> run before a user changed the index?
>> >>
>> >> If you are populated them from a true dataset you could try and
>> >> append a blank item onto the dataset after the set has
populated...
>> >> maybe.  (I'm pretty new myself) =)
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure we could figure out a fix for what you need!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Try:
>> ddlShoots.Items.Insert(0,"")
>>
>> That "should" put a 0 index item which "should" go at the top... but
who
>> knows!
>
>
>