curently, I am populating a ValueList at runtime with the following code:

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vlistManager As New ValueList(True)
Dim vlistItem As ValueListItem

vlistItem = New ValueListItem("Manager Preliminary", 1)
vlistManager.ValueListItems.Add(vlistItem)
vlistItem = New ValueListItem("Manager Final", 2)
vlistManager.ValueListItems.Add(vlistItem)

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in my design time code, I have the following set for the column:

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<igtbl:UltraGridColumn AllowResize="Free" AllowUpdate="Yes" BaseColumnName="name" HeaderClickAction="SortSingle" IsBound="True" Key="name" AllowRowFiltering=false Type=DropDownList DataType="System.Int32">
<Header ClickAction="SortSingle" Caption="Preference">
<RowLayoutColumnInfo OriginX="3" />
</Header>
<Footer>
<RowLayoutColumnInfo OriginX="3" />
</Footer>
</igtbl:UltraGridColumn>

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so, my column is correctly set at type=DropDownList, and the ValueList has a number as value, and text as the display.

Here is the problem, whent the grid initially is databaound in page_load, it loads in with the correct column bound information, and the correct text shows up... yet if I go to update a row, and DON'T update this column via the pulldown, on post back, I'm getting the string "Manager Final" or "Manager Preliminary" from the:
GridRow.Cells(19).Text
GridRow.Cells(19).GetText
GridRow.Cells(19).Value

calls. Which is wrong based on what I assigned into the ValueList above... I have a number as the Value, and the name of that value (Manager Final) as the text. If I change the dropdown value for the row, then submit
GridRow.Cells(19).Text = "Manager Final"
GridRow.Cells(19).GetText = "Manager Final"
GridRow.Cells(19).Value = "1"

I get what I am expecting, which si the Value to come back from the value field...

how can I get the number to come back as the value instead of the text without the user changing the value in the column?

Thanks,
Mike