DropDownList in DetailsView

[vineetbindal]

Hi,

I have a detailsview with

AutoGenerateDel eteButton="True "
AutoGenerateEdi tButton="True"
AutoGenerateIns ertButton="True "

and dropdownlist in all the rows in

<EditItemTempla te><here></EditItemTemplat e>

DefoultView of detailsview is ReadOnly, i want that when user clicks edit dropdowns should be visible and then user can click update value in order to update those values.


i donno how to do it. msdn says when we will click edit by defoult text boxes will be displayed.

can someone give me someexample or idea about how to do it.

[sangam56]

Hi , Vineetbandal,
You are right in the position. Go straight ahead. If you have edititemtemplat e and you place dropdownlists there they will sure show in the edit mode. Only thing you need is populate your dropdownlist. This can be done in the design time or programmaticall y later. Cheers.

[vineetbindal]

Hi,


But something is wrong there.. when i click on edit... it just desplayes me
EmptyDataText=" There are no records."...

i dont understant why???

[vineetbindal]

this is my detailsview ..

<asp:DetailsView  Runat="Server" ID="DetailsView1" FieldHeaderStyle-Font-Bold="true"
        FieldHeaderStyle-HorizontalAlign="Right" 
                        AutoGenerateDeleteButton="True" AutoGenerateEditButton="True" 
                        AutoGenerateInsertButton="True" AutoGenerateRows="False" BorderStyle="None" 
                        BorderWidth="1px" CaptionAlign="Left" CellPadding="3" CssClass="Normal" DefaultMode="ReadOnly"
                         EmptyDataText="There are no records." Visible="False"> 
      
<FieldHeaderStyle HorizontalAlign="Right" Font-Bold="True" ></FieldHeaderStyle>
        <Fields>
        
       
    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="UserLevel">
   
                        <ItemTemplate>
                        <asp:Label ID="lblUser" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("UserLevel") %>'></asp:Label>
           </ItemTemplate>
           <EditItemTemplate><asp:DropDownList ID="DDL1" runat="server" DataSourceID="UserLevelDataSource" 
            DataTextField="UserLevelDesc" DataValueField="UserLevelID"></asp:DropDownList>
        <asp:ObjectDataSource ID="UserLevelDataSource" runat="server" 
            SelectMethod="AdminUserLevelList" TypeName="bpDevDataClassesDataContext">
        </asp:ObjectDataSource>
    
           </EditItemTemplate>
           </asp:TemplateField> 
    
    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Status">
    <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lblStatus" runat="server"></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <EditItemTemplate></EditItemTemplate>
    </asp:TemplateField> 
    
    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="ActionLevel">
    <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lblAction" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("ActionLevel") %>'></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <EditItemTemplate></EditItemTemplate>
    </asp:TemplateField> 
    
    <asp:TemplateField HeaderText="TypeLevel">
   
    <ItemTemplate>
    <asp:Label ID="lblType" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("TypeLevel") %>'></asp:Label>
    </ItemTemplate>
    <EditItemTemplate></EditItemTemplate>
    </asp:TemplateField>    
        
        </Fields>
    </asp:DetailsView>