HtmlSelect::Value Property
Gets the value of the selected item in the HtmlSelect control or sets the SelectedIndex property of the control to the index of the first item in the list with the specified value.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
<asp:HtmlSelect Value="String" />
Property Value
Type: System::StringThe value of the selected item in the HtmlSelect control. If no item is selected in the control, String::Empty is returned.
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| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | The Value property was set to an item greater than the number of items in the HtmlSelect control or less than -1. |
The Value property is commonly used to get the value of the item referenced by the SelectedIndex property.
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If no item is selected in the control, String::Empty is returned. |
If you set this property to a value, the SelectedIndex property is updated with the index of the first item in the list that contains that value. If no matching value is found, the SelectedIndex property is left unchanged.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Value property to get the value of the selected item in the HtmlSelect control.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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