ASP.NET webform DropDownLists

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From: MrMike (MrMike_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:49:05 -0800

Hello. I have 2 questions about DropDownList controls in ASP.NET.

1. In Microsoft Access, dropdownlist controls allow the user to type into
the control, and then the control will subsequently accept the user input
solong as it matches a value in the list. Is this possible with ASP.NET ddl
controls? It seems to me like asp.net ddl controls only allow the user to
simply make a selection without letting them type anything.

2. Is there a way I can specify how a ddl control's .DataText field can be
sorted? Basically I have a ddl that displays values from a table, and I want
to be able to present end-users with alphabetically sorted values instead of
the default location of the items from the table.

Thanks

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