You can create WebCombo programmatically from server-side.

In this topic, you will learn how to create WebCombo at runtime.

To create WebCombo at runtime

1. Create a DIV container like following.
   
   <div runat="server" id="DivContainer">
   
   
2. Switch to View Code. At first, you need to add the following namespace.
   
   using ISNet.WebUI.WebCombo;
   
   
3. Put the following code in Page_Load.
   

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   protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { AccessDataSource access; access = new AccessDataSource(Server.MapPath("./App_Data/Northwind.mdb"), "Select * from Customers"); access.ID = "AccessDataSource1"; WebCombo combo = new WebCombo("WebCombo1"); combo.Width = Unit.Pixel(200); combo.Height = Unit.Pixel(20); combo.UseDefaultStyle = true; // Setup Events combo.InitializeDataSource += new DataSourceEventHandler(combo_InitializeDataSource); combo.InitializeLayout += new LayoutEventHandler(combo_InitializeLayout); //this.Controls.Add(combo); this.DivContainer.Controls.Add(access); this.DivContainer.Controls.Add(combo); }

   
   
4. Put the following code in InitializeDataSource server-side event to setup the DataSource.
   

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   protected void combo_InitializeDataSource(object sender, DataSourceEventArgs e) { // Setup DataSource WebCombo combo = (WebCombo)sender; combo.DataSourceID = "AccessDataSource1"; }

   
   
5. Finally, put the following code in InitializeLayout server-side event to setup WebCombo's behavior.
   

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   protected void combo_InitializeLayout(object sender, LayoutEventArgs e) { // Setup Behavior WebCombo combo = (WebCombo)sender; combo.DataTextField = "ContactName"; combo.DataValueField = "CustomerID"; }

   
   
6. Run the project.