ASP.NET - Control dropdownlist postback programmatically

Question

I have two dropdownlists on my form-ddl1 and ddl2. They together determine the visibility of a textbox -txt1. For that I do this check:

if (ddl1.SelectedIndex==2 && ddl2.SelectedIndex>2)
   {
     if (!txt1.Visible)
        {txt1.Visible=true;// And then I want to call postback}

   }
else
   {
     if (txt1.Visible)
        {txt1.Visible=false;// And then I want to call postback}
   }

As you can see, I want to post the page to server only if the above condions are true. The code above is triggered on SelectedIndexChanged event of the both dropdownlists. How can I or is it possible to achieve upon a condition?

Answer 1

I am not sure if i understand your problem but you want to achieve postback only if certain condition is met. you can hook up a javascript function on both dropdown onchange="return onchange();" Set Autopostback = true;

      function Onchange() {
        var ddl1 = document.getElementById('<%= ddl1.ClientID %>');
        var ddl2 = document.getElementById('<%= ddl2.ClientID %>');
        var txtbox = document.getElementById('<%= txtbox.ClientID %>');
        if (ddl1.selectedIndex == 2 && ddl2.selectedIndex > 2) {
            txtbox.style.display = "inline";
            __doPostBack(ddl1, '');
        }
        else {
            txtbox.style.display = "none";
            return false;
        }
    }

Aspx code should look like this.

<asp:DropDownList runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" ID="ddl1" onchange="return Onchange();"
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl1_SelectedIndexChanged">
            <asp:ListItem Text="text1" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text2" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text3" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text4" />
        </asp:DropDownList>
        <asp:DropDownList runat="server" AutoPostBack="true" ID="ddl2" onchange="return Onchange();"
            OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl1_SelectedIndexChanged">
            <asp:ListItem Text="text1" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text2" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text3" />
            <asp:ListItem Text="text4" />
        </asp:DropDownList>
        <asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtbox" />

Tested it and it works...