Base dropdownlist of a viewbag value

Michelle M

Hi, i have a viewbag.Site being collected from the Active Directory, basically i am returning an id which is just a number. I am trying to figure out how best to return a description of in a textbox on my view.

Viewbag.Site = 3 then 'A' else 'B' kind of thing, so far i have used a Json dropdown change function select list, however as the value has already been collected it does not trigger the dropdownlist. I need it to be a dropdownlist so people can still change the site but it auto picks up the site they are based.

I would be grateful for any adivce thanks

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Joginder Banger6y ago
Hi,

in textbox have value which is have viewbag

@Html.TextBox("Site", (string)@ViewBag.SiteId, null, new { @class = "form-control" })

you need when dropdown change the value auto populate the value in textbox?

Let me know am think right?

Thanks
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Michelle M6y ago
1. public ActionResult Index()
2. {
3. MyModel myModel = new MyModel();
4. PrincipalContext context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);
5. UserPrincipal user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(context, User.Identity.Name);
6. DefaultVars defaultVars = new DefaultVars();
7. string UserName = User.Identity.Name.Replace(@"DOMAIN\", string.Empty);
8. myModel = defaultVars.retVars(user, UserName);
9. ViewBag.UserName = user.Name; return View();
10. }
My view
1. @using (Html.BeginForm())
2. {
3. class="row">
4. class="col-lg-11">
5. class="input-group">
6. class="input-group-addon">
7. class="glyphicon glyphicon-user">
8. @Html.TextBox("Site", (string)@ViewBag.SiteId, null, new { @class = "form-control" })

class="row">

class="col-lg-11">

class="input-group">

class="input-group-addon">

class="glyphicon glyphicon-user">

@Html.DropDownListFor(x => x.Hospital,

new SelectList(string.Empty, "Value", "Text"),

"Please select a Hospital", new { @class = "form-control" })

}

Michelle M6y ago

hi yes so the viewbag will just have a 3 or 4 etc in depending on the site, i have got this value from the active directory.

I then need a dropdown list that will be defaulted to the viewbag results as a description so in this instance 3 = "A". the dropdownlist result needs to be binded to the Hospital in a textboxFor and the user needs to be able to override the defaulted selection with other options as well

Thank you for your reply, i hope i have explained well enough.

Joginder Banger6y ago

Hi Michelle M,

I little query about to where is store data and stored data is globally.

Please correct me if am take wrong direction. As per my understanding you need to a store data in object after page ready.

I assume in object have couple of data.

var person = {
Site: "3",
lastName: "Doe",
age: 50,
eyeColor: "blue"
};

before call just check dropdown selected value is there or not.

Waiting

Thanks

Joginder signh