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ListControl::DataValueField Property

Gets or sets the field of the data source that provides the value of each list item.

Namespace:  System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

[ThemeableAttribute(false)]
public:
virtual property String^ DataValueField {
	String^ get ();
	void set (String^ value);
}
<asp:ListControl DataValueField="String" />

Property Value

Type: System::String
A System::String that specifies the field of the data source that provides the value of each list item. The default is String::Empty.

Use this property to specify the field that contains the value of each item in a list control.

The value of this property is stored in view state.

This property cannot be set by themes or style sheet themes. For more information, see ThemeableAttribute and ASP.NET Themes and Skins.

The following example demonstrates how to specify the DataValueField for the RadioButtonList control. The DataValueField is the value for the each item in the RadioButtonList.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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