Hi Kevin,

If you disable ViewState (EnableViewState=false), and do DataBind on every postback, I think there shouldn't be any noticeable performance hit.

Please let me know if you notice any degradation there.

Thanks,

Angel 

I have set the StyleSetName to Office2007Blue and the hyperlinks still show up. I know the style is working since the control changes colors from the default. This is really frustrating trying to get this to work correctly.

Hi David,

Thanks for the feedback. I cannot determine what exactly is going wrong - maybe if you can share some website or sample with me i can help. The styles on this sample appear correctly, and they are just the default ones  (for example for Office 2007 Blue) :

http://samples.infragistics.com/2009.2/WebFeatureBrowser/WebDropDown/WebDropDownStyles.aspx

Thanks,

Angel

How do I attach a zip file to this forum?

I have attached a sample app. You will need to add your own ig_res folder with the Office2007Blue folder and contents in it. I was not able to zip and upload it since it is bigger than 200kb.

Hi David,

This is what i see (attached screenshot). I am not sure what is wrong. I suggest to use the latest hotfix, but this should modify anything, it should be fine with the Volume Release as well.

Dont worry about the previous question. Speed is not an issue. It was because I was running in the debugger. When I run it on a web server in Release mode it is plenty fast.

Ok, that makes sense. On one of my controls which is bound to a SqlDataSource object, ti takes a while to load since the list is large at 317 items. Do you have any suggestions for that?

Hi David,

 This is only when you use templating and access the DataItem without rebinding the control. We do not store the DataItem in ViewState - this will make it enourmous.

Only the WebDataGrid enables this behavior by setting the EnableDataViewState property to true.

In your example you have to save a reference to the data source because you are binding to a DataSource object. By doing so, after you rebind the control, you get back all the DataItems. 

Thanks,

Angel 

Ok, that all works, but why do I have to save the datasource with the WebDropDown and I dont have to do it with the WebCombo or the regular .NET combobox? That sure sounds like a bug with the control.

About DataBinding, it doesn't work in your case and you see empty items, because you are not storing the datasource in the session, and then restoring it back:

            webDropDownProvince.DataSource = dt;

            webDropDownProvince.ValueField = "ProvinceName";

            webDropDownProvince.TextField = "ProvinceName";

Session["DropDownDataSource"] = dt;

        }

webDropDownProvince.DataSource = Session["DropDownDataSource"];

        webDropDownProvince.DataBind();

    }

    protected void webDropDownProvince_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

      //  webDropDownProvince.SelectedItemIndex = 0;

       // webDropDownProvince_SelectionChanged(null, null);

    }

I commented the code to reset selection in the DataBound method, because it will wipe out the selection once the dropdown is rebound every time.

In my previous post I have removed the <ItemTemplate> markup ,and i don't see the underlined links (screenshot).

Hope it helps. Please let me know if i can assist with anything else.

Thank you,

Angel