Hi,

 

 

I have a custom dropdownlist in the Editor toolbar. It was created with code like this:

 

Protected Sub PopulateTemplateDropDown()

 

    Dim PageID, NewPage As Integer
    PageID = Session(SessTypes.TreeViewID)
    If (Request.QueryString("Edit")) = Nothing Then
      NewPage = 1
    Else
      NewPage = 0
    End If

 

    Dim container As System.Web.UI.Control
    container = Editor1.ToolControls("custom").Control

    Dim ddlTemplates As DropDownList
    ddlTemplates = New DropDownList
    container.Controls.Add(ddlTemplates)

 

    Dim objRdr As SqlClient.SqlDataReader = Nothing
    objRdr = SiteDB.SiteGetTemplatesByPage(PageID, NewPage)

 

    If Not Page.IsPostBack Then
      Try

        ddlTemplates.DataTextField = "Name"
        ddlTemplates.DataValueField = "TemplateID"
        ddlTemplates.DataSource = objRdr

        ddlTemplates.DataBind()
     
        ddlTemplates.SelectedValue = ViewState("TemplateID")

      Finally
        objRdr.Close()
      End Try
    End If

  End Sub

 

I want to get the selectedItem.Value of that dropdown - because I want to insert it into the database - like I do with the Editor content.

 

I have tried various ways, including:

 

  Protected Sub Submit()

   ............

  Dim ddlTemplates As DropDownList

 Dim TemplateID AS Integer
    ddlTemplates = Editor1.ToolControls("custom").Control.FindControl("ddlTemplates")

    'ddlTemplates = Editor1.FindControl("ddlTemplates")

     If Not ddlTemplates Is Nothing Then
      TemplateID = ddlTemplates.SelectedItem.Value
    End If

 

    ..............

End Sub

 

 

The value I get returned is 0 - which is wrong

 

How do I get the selectedItem.Value?

 

Thank you.