Selected Index Changed event not firing for a DropDownList during databind at pageload

Question

I have a Dropdownlist (System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList) which I Bind during the pageload.

try
     {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack)
           {
              DataTable dt = new StaticNoticeController().GetStaticNoticeNames();
               this.HeadingsDropDownList.AutoPostBack = true;
               this.HeadingsDropDownList.DataSource = new StaticNoticeController().GetStaticNoticeNames();
               this.HeadingsDropDownList.DataTextField = "NoticeName";
               this.HeadingsDropDownList.DataValueField = "NoticeId";                  
                 this.HeadingsDropDownList.DataBind();                                       

           }
     }   
catch (SystemException ex)
    {
                //ToDo: Log the Exception
    }

I expect the SelectedIndex event to get fired when I bind the dropdown to a combobox ( which use to happen in case of Comboboxes in Winforms ) so that the page is loaded with values corresponding to the initial value in the dropdown list.

I even tried

this.HeadingsDropDownList.selectedIndex = -1;
in pageload after databind. But in vain .

When I change the index of the dropdown through the browser , the event gets fired as usual. Am I missing something or am I trying to perform something which is not possible ?

Please help. Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Why do you want to fire the SelectedIndexChanged-Event?? As you have already mentioned, the selected index will change if the user changes it manually on client-side. This is the desired behaviour. If you initially want to call a function on serverside that would be also called when the selected index changes, call it manually!

Answer 2

It would essentially mean that when you load the site it would directly postback. It would be stuck in a loop.

If its an inited value, then what the postback would do should be done in the init.