how can i set all the items to dropdownList

HI ive got the following code.

protected void AdditionalDevice_ItemCommand(object source, RepeaterCommandEventArgs e)
{
// set all your asp controls (label, ddl, textbox.etc)
DropDownList ddlAdditionalDevicesEdit;
try
{
switch (e.CommandName)
{
case "Edit":
// hide labels
var label = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblDeviceType");
var macadreslabel = (Label)e.Item.FindControl("lblMacAdressDevice");
label.Visible = false;
macadreslabel.Visible = false;
// set the value of the Label in the ddl
//foreach (var item in AdditionalDevices.Items)
//{
// var result = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("additionalDeviceDropDownList");
// ddlAdditionalDevicesEdit.Items.Add(result.SelectedItem.Text);
//}----> not working!!!
ddlAdditionalDevicesEdit = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("additionalDeviceDropDownList"); ---> this is showing only one result i need to have all of them
// show ddl
ddlAdditionalDevicesEdit.Visible = true;
// show textbox
var macAdressTextBox = (TextBox)e.Item.FindControl("deviceMacAdressTextBox");
macAdressTextBox.Text = macadreslabel.Text;
macAdressTextBox.Visible = true;
// hide edit_button
((Button)e.Item.FindControl("additionaldevice_editbutton")).Visible = false;
// Hide delete button
((Button)e.Item.FindControl("additionaldevicedeleteButton")).Visible = false;
// show submit_button
((Button)e.Item.FindControl("additionaldevicesubmitbutton")).Visible = true;
// show cancel_button
((Button)e.Item.FindControl("additionaldeviceCancelButton")).Visible = true;
// Hide rows wich are not editted
foreach (RepeaterItem item in AdditionalDevices.Items)
{
if ((item.ItemType == ListItemType.Item || item.ItemType == ListItemType.AlternatingItem) &&
(e.Item.ItemIndex != item.ItemIndex))
{
item.FindControl("additionaldevice_editbutton").Visible = false;
item.FindControl("additionaldevicedeleteButton").Visible = false;
}
}
break;
case "Submit":
break;
case "Delete":
break;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
App.HandleException(ex);
ShowFailureText();
}
}

However the line ddlAdditionalDevicesEdit = (DropDownList)e.Item.FindControl("additionalDeviceDropDownList"); is only setting one of the two items to the dropdownlist, how can i add both of them ???

thnx

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Bikesh Srivastava9y ago
can you explain your query in details,what is you scenario
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Rajeev Punhani9y ago
Hi Cassie,

It seems you are trying to populate dropdownlist inside repeater and want to select a particular value.So first you should have to find dropdownlist inside repeater and then populate it with dataset(Create a method that returns you dropdownlist text & value).
Then set the selected value by either using FindByValue or FindByText methods .For reference see the below link.

http://www.aspsnippets.com/Articles/Bind-DropDownList-in-ItemTemplate-of-TemplateField-in-ASPNet-GridView.aspx
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