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.NET Forum / ASP.NET / General / March 2008drop-down menus and asp
Is there a way to create a drop-down menu, that will import its items from a text file? The idea being, that rather than going into the code and manually updating the drop-down menu properties each time, the text file can just be replaced and the next time the page is loaded, the new items will appear correctly? Why not use a database table and update that when a new selection is added? > Is there a way to create a drop-down menu, that will import its items > from a text file? The idea being, that rather than going into the > code and manually updating the drop-down menu properties each time, > the text file can just be replaced and the next time the page is > loaded, the new items will appear correctly? > Is there a way to create a drop-down menu, that will import its items > from a text file? The idea being, that rather than going into the > code and manually updating the drop-down menu properties each time, > the text file can just be replaced and the next time the page is > loaded, the new items will appear correctly? Simple answer is yes. If the text file is structured to resemble a datatable, you can interface with it using OleDb: http://www.connectionstrings.com/?carrier=textfile Alternatively, an XML document is just a text file structured in a particular way, so you could go down that route...  SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net The XML approach works well. >> Is there a way to create a drop-down menu, that will import its items >> from a text file? The idea being, that rather than going into the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Alternatively, an XML document is just a text file structured in a > particular way, so you could go down that route...
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