Hello Andrea ,

Thank you or the clarification.

The WebDropDown’s Items Add() method accepts objects of type DropDownItem. So you would need to create a new DropDownItem with some text and add it to the Items collection. For example:

WebDropDown1.Items.Add(new DropDownItem() { Text = "Some Text" });

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best Regards,

Maya Kirova

Developer Support Engineer II

Infragistics, Inc.

http://www.infragistics.com/support

Hi Maya,

When I try to type WebDropDown1.Items.Add(new DropDownItem() { Text = "Some Text" }); the new DropDownItem doesn't appear. Instead of DropDownItem, it calls DropDownList

Hi Maya,

This is the code I currently have:

protected void setCombo()
{
string strConn = System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ORIGSAMPLE"].ToString();

SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(strConn);

try
{
cn.Open();

string strSQL = "SELECT * FROM [qry_Original_Brands] ORDER BY 1";

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(strSQL, cn);
SqlDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader();

cboOriginalBrand.Items.Add("*");

if (dr.HasRows)
{
while (dr.Read())
{
cboOriginalBrand.Items.Add(dr[0].ToString());

}
}

I'm having a problem with cboOriginalBrand.Items.Add("*"); and cboOriginalBrand.Items.Add(dr[0].ToString());

Please help me in this.