Dynamically created DropDownList loses ListItems on Postback

Question 1

Dynamically created DropDownList loses ListItems on Postback

asp.net vb.net drop-down-menu viewstate

schudel · Mar 8, 2009 · Viewed 18.6k times · Source

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I have found the solution that will allow me to keep the viewstate across postbacks. It's to call TrackViewState of the ItemCollection.

CType(ddl.Items, IStateManager).TrackViewState()

Thanks to all for your help.

This is the working solution:

<%@ Page Language="VB"%>

<script runat="server">
  Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
      ddlFixed.Items.Add(New ListItem("12", "13"))
      ddlFixed.Items.Add(New ListItem("14", "15"))
    End If
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To 3
      Dim ddl As New DropDownList
      ddl.ID = "ddlPage" & i
      CType(ddl.Items, IStateManager).TrackViewState()
      If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        ddl.Items.Add(New ListItem("12", "13"))
        ddl.Items.Add(New ListItem("14", "15"))
      End If
      pnlDynamic.Controls.Add(ddl)
      Dim txtBx As New TextBox
      txtBx.ID = "txtPage" & i
      If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        txtBx.Text = "Preset"
      End If
      pnlDynamic.Controls.Add(txtBx)
    Next
  End Sub
</script>


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server" >
  <div>
    <br />
    <br />
    <a href="Default.aspx">Get-Request</a>
    <br />
    <br />
    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="pnlDynamic" />    
    <br />
    <br />
    <asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="ddlFixed" />
    <asp:Button runat="server" ID="btn" Text="Postback"/>
  </div>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

Question 2

I have a page that contains some dynamically created controls (TextBox and DropDownList). When a postback occurs, the TextBoxes keep their values, but the DropDownLists lose their ListItems. This is quite confusing, since the page level DropDownList also keeps its ListItems. Can anyone see what's wrong with the code below?

Any help in solving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

<%@ Page Language="VB"%>

<script runat="server">
  Protected Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
      ddlFixed.Items.Add(New ListItem("12", "13"))
      ddlFixed.Items.Add(New ListItem("14", "15"))
    End If
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To 3
      Dim ddl As New DropDownList
      ddl.ID = "ddlPage" & i
      ddl.EnableViewState = True
      If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        ddl.Items.Add(New ListItem("12", "13"))
        ddl.Items.Add(New ListItem("14", "15"))
      End If
      pnlDynamic.Controls.Add(ddl)
      Dim txtBx As New TextBox
      txtBx.ID = "txtPage" & i
      If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
        txtBx.Text = "Preset"
      End If
      pnlDynamic.Controls.Add(txtBx)
    Next
  End Sub
</script>


<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
  <title></title>
</head>
<body>
  <form id="form1" runat="server" enableviewstate="true">
  <div>
    <br />
    <br />
    <a href="Default.aspx">Get-Request</a>
    <br />
    <br />
    <asp:Panel runat="server" ID="pnlDynamic" EnableViewState="true" />    
    <br />
    <br />
    <asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="ddlFixed" />
    <asp:Button runat="server" ID="btn" Text="Postback"/>
  </div>
  </form>
</body>
</html>

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