problem dynamically removing items from a droplist..?

[Milsnips]

hi there,

i have the following HTML code:
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<aspropDownList id="hddList" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="1">Item 1</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="2">Item 2</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="3">Item 3</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="4">Item 4</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="5">Item 5</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="6">Item </asp:ListItem>
</aspropDownList>
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and the following VB.NET code behind:
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Private Sub hddList_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles hddList.PreRender
If hddList.Items.Count > 0 Then
If Request.QueryString("type") <> "" Then
For Each i As ListItem In hddList.Items
If i.Value <> Request.QueryString("type") Then
'remove item not to be shown
hddList.Items.Remove(i.Text)
End If
Next
End If
End If
End Sub
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What i am doing is if querystring value = , say 3, i want to programatically
remove all items and only leave Value=3 in there but i am getting an error:

Exception Details: System.InvalidOperationException: Collection was
modified; enumeration operation may not execute.

please help,
Paul

 

[Kevin Spencer]

You're using an enumerator, which iterates from item number 1 to item number
last, but you're removing each item as you move forward through the
Collection. This makes the enumerator unable to correctly iterate through
the list, as the size of it has changed. For future reference, if you ever
need to loop through a Collection to find something, start at the end. But
in this case, you don't need any such thing. The DropDownList Items property
is a List ItemCollection, which has a FindByText and FindByValue method,
which you can use without any looping. Example:

If Request.QueryString("type") <> "" Then
Dim li As ListItem =
hddList.Items.FindByValue(Request.QueryString("type"))
If Not IsNothing(li) Then
hddList.Items.Remove(li)
End If
End If

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
To a tea you esteem
a hurting back as a wallet.

 

[Milsnips]

thanks Kevin,

i'll try that.. although i want kinda the opposite of what u showed me.. i
want to remove all items that dont equal the querystring("type") - is it
possible this way, or would i need to do something else?

thanks,
Paul