Setting dropdownlist selecteditem programmatically

Question

I want to set the selecteditem attribute for an ASP.Net dropdownlist control programmatically.

So I want to pass a value to the dropdownlist control to

Answer 1

Well if I understood correctly your question. The Solution for setting the value for a given dropdownlist will be:

dropdownlist1.Text="Your Value";

This will work only if the value is existing in the data-source of the dropdownlist.