Not possible to load DropDownList on FormView from code behind?

Question

I have a UserControl, containing a FormView, containing a DropDownList. The FormView is bound to a data control.

Like so:

Answer 1

It is working for me with the OnDataBound event instead of OnDataBinding which occurs before the control is created.

Code-behind:

Protected Sub ddlCountry_DataBound(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

    Dim ddlCountry As New DropDownList
    Dim strCountry As String = String.Empty
    Dim lstItemToFind As New ListItem

    ddlCountry = FormViewUsers.FindControl("ddlCountry")
    strCountry = Eval("country")
    lstItemToFind = ddlCountry.Items.FindByValue(strCountry)

    If (Not IsNothing(lstItemToFind)) Then
        ddlCountry.SelectedValue = strCountry
    End If

End Sub

If you use this on other templates than the Edit you just need to validate:

    If (FormViewUsers.CurrentMode = FormViewMode.Edit) Then

    End If