asp.net - VB.net dropdown list value populated in variable rather than text -
i have dropdown list populated follows:
<asp:dropdownlist id="ddlsubgroup" runat="server" cssclass="dropdown" style="font-size: 11px" autopostback="true"> <asp:listitem selected="true">select all</asp:listitem> <asp:listitem value="genf">girls</asp:listitem> <asp:listitem value="genm">boys</asp:listitem> -----snip in page load procedure have declared variable , use variable update contents of label:
protected sub page_load(sender object, e eventargs) handles me.load dim strsubgroup string = ddlsubgroup.text lblheadersubroup.text = " " & strsubgroup however, results in dropdown listitem value eg "genf" displaying in label , not text eg girls expected.
try referring lblheadersubroup.selecteditem.text property instead of object itself.
this you're experiencing issue.
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