Hey David,

The links appear because probably CSS styles are not loaded correctly. do you have an ig_res folder somewhere? You can set the StyleSetName and StyleSetPath properties to define where is the location for all styling. In the default styling links are not displayed because there is specific css that removes  all of this default "decoration". 

Thanks,

Angel 

When I remove the ItemTemplate the items in the dropdown list have hyperlinks on them which looks terrible. That is why I had to put in an ItemTemplate. Do you know how to get rid of the hyperlinks any other way?

Also, why would my DataBind now be working? It sounds like you have had success with it. You can see the code that is in the Page_Load method. There is nothing more than that. It is a simple test app to show this behaviour. My real web app has the same issues but it is more complex.

Hi,

You are already binding the Text property by specifying the TextField mapping. So if you just remove the itemTemplate markup, i think it will be all ok. 

Hope it helps,

Angel 

            if (!IsPostBack)
            {
                DataTable dt = new DataTable();
                dt.Columns.Add("ProvinceName");
                dt.Rows.Add("British Columbia");
                dt.Rows.Add("Alberta");
                dt.Rows.Add("Saskatchewan");
                dt.Rows.Add("Manitoba");
                dt.Rows.Add("Ontario");
                dt.Rows.Add("Quebec");
                dt.Rows.Add("New Brunswick");
                dt.Rows.Add("Nova Scotia");
                dt.Rows.Add("Newfoundland/Labrador");
                dt.Rows.Add("Prince Edward Island");
                dt.Rows.Add("Nunavut");
                dt.Rows.Add("Yukon");
                dt.Rows.Add("Northwest Territories");

                webDropDownProvince0.DataSource = dt;
                webDropDownProvince0.ValueField = "ProvinceName";
                webDropDownProvince0.TextField = "ProvinceName";
            }
            webDropDownProvince0.DataBind();

I do call DataBind on each PostBack and I still have the same result.

What do you mean by bind the Text property?