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Question

How to start a dropdownlist with an empty values?

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get round this problem, aside from creating a blank manager entry in the table, which is obviously not ideal!

Many thanks!

ASPX PAGE

<asp:Repeater ID="GeneralRepeater" runat="server" 
 OnItemDataBound="GeneralRepeater_OnItemDataBound">
   <ItemTemplate>
     <tr>
      <td>
       DxPoc:
         <asp:DropDownList ID="GeneralDDL" DataTextField="DiagnosisCode" 
         DataValueField="DiagnosisCode" runat="server" />
     </td>
    </tr>
   </ItemTemplate>
</asp:Repeater>

CODE BEHIND:

protected void GeneralRepeater_OnItemDataBound(object sender,
                                               RepeaterItemEventArgs e)


     {
            if (e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item ||
                e.Item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem)
            {
                DropDownList myDDL = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("GeneralDDL");
                Diagnosis oDiagnosis = new Diagnosis();
                DataView dv = new DataView(oDiagnosis.GetDiagnosis());
                myDDL.DataSource = dv;
                myDDL.DataTextField = "DiagnosisCode";
                myDDL.DataValueField = "DiagnosisCode";
                myDDL.DataBind();

            }
        }

Answer 1

You will want to insert code like this into your ItemDataBound function, after the DDL has been databound:

    ListItem LI = New ListItem("(empty item)", "0");
    myDDL.Items.Insert(0, LI);
    myDDL.SelectedValue = "0";

Answer 2

Are you looking for this?

Alter your listitem by setting AppendDataBoundItems="true"

<asp:DropDownList ID="GeneralDDL" AppendDataBoundItems="true" DataTextField="DiagnosisCode" DataValueField="DiagnosisCode" 
        runat="server">
        <asp:ListItem Text="--Select--" Value=""></asp:ListItem>
    </asp:DropDownList>

Answer 3

Use the following:

    dropDownList.DataSource = AddHeaderItem
    (
        list.ToDictionary
            (instance => instance.Key.ToString(), instance => instance.Value), 
        true, 
        "Please Select an Item..."
    );


    // Add a header item to a Dictionary ..
    public static Dictionary<String, String> AddHeaderItem
        (Dictionary<String, String> items, Boolean addHeaderItem, 
           String headerItemText = "")
    {

        var headerItem = new Dictionary<String, String>();

        if (addHeaderItem)
        {
            headerItem["-1"] = headerItemText;
        }
        //else { }

        return headerItem.Concat(items).ToDictionary
             (item => item.Key, item => item.Value);

    }