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ListControl.DataValueField Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

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

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ DataValueField { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
public virtual string DataValueField { get; set; }
[System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)]
public virtual string DataValueField { get; set; }
member this.DataValueField : string with get, set
[<System.Web.UI.Themeable(false)>]
member this.DataValueField : string with get, set
Public Overridable Property DataValueField As String

Property Value

String

The field of the data source that provides the value of each list item. The default is Empty.

Attributes
ThemeableAttribute

Examples

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.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <script language="c#" runat="server">
 
    ICollection CreateDataSource() {
       DataTable dt = new DataTable();
       DataRow dr;
 
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("IntegerValue", typeof(Int32)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("StringValue", typeof(string)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("DateTimeValue", typeof(DateTime)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("BoolValue", typeof(bool)));
       dt.Columns.Add(new DataColumn("CurrencyValue", typeof(double)));
 
       for (int i = 0; i < 9; i++) {
          dr = dt.NewRow();
 
          dr[0] = i;
          dr[1] = "Item " + i.ToString();
          dr[2] = DateTime.Now;
          dr[3] = (i % 2 != 0) ? true : false;
          dr[4] = 1.23 * (i+1);
 
          dt.Rows.Add(dr);
       }
 
       DataView dv = new DataView(dt);
       return dv;
    }
 
    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
       if (!IsPostBack) {
          RadioButtonList1.DataSource = CreateDataSource();
          RadioButtonList1.DataTextField="StringValue";
          RadioButtonList1.DataValueField="CurrencyValue";
          RadioButtonList1.DataBind();
       }
    }
 
    void Index_Changed(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
 
       Label1.Text = "You selected " + RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Text +
                     " with a value of $" + RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Value +
                     ".";
 
    }
 
 </script>
 
 <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1" 
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Changed"
            AutoPostBack="true"
            runat="server"/>
 
       <br />
 
       <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>
 
    </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>
 
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
 <script language="vb" runat="server">

    Function CreateDataSource() As ICollection
        Dim dt As New DataTable()
        Dim dr As DataRow
        
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("IntegerValue", GetType(Int32)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("StringValue", GetType(String)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("DateTimeValue", GetType(DateTime)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("BoolValue", GetType(Boolean)))
        dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("CurrencyValue", GetType(Double)))
        
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 0 To 8
            dr = dt.NewRow()
            
            dr(0) = i
            dr(1) = "Item " + i.ToString()
            dr(2) = DateTime.Now
            If (i Mod 2) <> 0 Then
                dr(3) = True
            Else
                dr(3) = False
            End If
            dr(4) = 1.23 *(i + 1)
            
            dt.Rows.Add(dr)
        Next i
        
        Dim dv As New DataView(dt)
        Return dv
    End Function

    Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
        If Not IsPostBack Then
            RadioButtonList1.DataSource = CreateDataSource()
            RadioButtonList1.DataTextField = "StringValue"
            RadioButtonList1.DataValueField = "CurrencyValue"
            RadioButtonList1.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub Index_Changed(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)        
        Label1.Text = "You selected " & RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Text & _
            " with a value of : " & RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Value & "."
    End Sub
 
 </script>
 
 <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
 
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
       <asp:RadioButtonList id="RadioButtonList1" 
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="Index_Changed"
            AutoPostBack="true"
            runat="server"/>
 
       <br />
 
       <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"/>
 
    </form>
 
 </body>
 </html>

Remarks

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.

Applies to

See also