Question about DropDownList Value

[Guest]

Can someone please tell me why I get the numeric value using SelectedValue
and not the Text value???

I have tried to use selectedList but I get an error...

I want to return the text value selected from a drop down list but don't
know how to do it!

Dim sMsg As String

sMsg = "Office : " & ddlOffName.SelectedValue & vbCrLf


Thanks for any advice...

 

[Rob Schieber]

Can someone please tell me why I get the numeric value using SelectedValue
and not the Text value???

I have tried to use selectedList but I get an error...

I want to return the text value selected from a drop down list but don't
know how to do it!

Dim sMsg As String

sMsg = "Office : " & ddlOffName.SelectedValue & vbCrLf


Thanks for any advice...

Try ddlOffName.SelectedItem.Text, selected value will give you the
actual value, i.e. if you hit view source and look at the values for
each <select> tag.