Selecting an item in a drop down list

[KatMagic]

How do you force a drop down list to default to a particular item based on
its value?

I have a drop down list with options Yes, No, Maybe, All, and I would like
it to default to "All"

This is my code, what am I doing wrong?
ddlBilling.SelectedIndex =
ddlBilling.Items.IndexOf(ddlBilling.Items.FindByValue("All"))

 

[Brock Allen]

ddl.ClearSelection() // in case something else is selected
ddl.Items.FindByValue("All").Selected = true

 

[Karl Seguin [MVP]]

That looks fine...is that the value of the dropdown or the text?

if it's the text, you need to use FindByText

Otherwise, where is this code?are you binding before?

Karl

 

[KatMagic]

Thanks everyone you were very helpful. As you suggested, I was incorrectly
attempting to select by value, when "All" was a text value. Clearing the
selection and selecting by the actual value (0), worked! Thanks.