Selecting an item in a drop down list

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KatMagic

How do you force a drop down list to default to a particular item based on
its value?

I have a drop down list with options Yes, No, Maybe, All, and I would like
it to default to "All"

This is my code, what am I doing wrong?
ddlBilling.SelectedIndex =
ddlBilling.Items.IndexOf(ddlBilling.Items.FindByValue("All"))
 
That looks fine...is that the value of the dropdown or the text?

if it's the text, you need to use FindByText

Otherwise, where is this code?are you binding before?

Karl
 
Thanks everyone you were very helpful. As you suggested, I was incorrectly
attempting to select by value, when "All" was a text value. Clearing the
selection and selecting by the actual value (0), worked! Thanks.
 
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