Binding ArrayList to asp:DropDownList : DropDownList « Data Binding « ASP.NET Tutorial

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

    Sub Page_Load()
        if Not Page.IsPostBack Then
            Dim items As New ArrayList()
            items.Add("A")
            items.Add("B")

            DropDownList1.DataSource = items
            DropDownList1.DataBind()
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Label1.Text = DropDownList1.SelectedItem.Text
    End Sub
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Show IsPostBack</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
    
    <asp:DropDownList
        id="DropDownList1"
        Runat="server" />
    
    <asp:Button
        id="Button1"
        Text="Select"
        OnClick="Button1_Click" 
        Runat="server" />
    
    <br /><br />

    You selected:
    <asp:Label  
        id="Label1"
        Runat="server" />
    
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

19.13.DropDownList
	19.13.1.	Binding to a Data Source
	19.13.2.	Determining the Selected List Item: SelectedIndex, SelectedItem, SelectedValue
	19.13.3.	Master/Details form with a list control
	19.13.4.	Enabling Automatic PostBacks
	19.13.5.	Table record editor by DropDownList and ListBox
	19.13.6.	Link DropDownList with SqlDataSource and do the editing
	19.13.7.	Prevent overlapping edits.
	19.13.8.	Binding ArrayList to asp:DropDownList
	19.13.9.	Data binding by filling list and drop-down list controls with the results of direct ADO.NET queries
	19.13.10.	Repeater and DropDownList