Hello Guys,

How can i create a dynamic populated dropdown list in Umbraco. I have used the "AbstractDataEditor" class but it's not working.

Have a look at my code.

public class DataType : AbstractDataEditor
    {
        private DropDownList control = new DropDownList();

        public override string DataTypeName
        {
            get { return "Dynamic job data dropdown"; }
        }

        public override Guid Id
        {
            get { return new Guid("833D755A-0A3C-4C06-8070-CA5E4BB9F68C"); }
        }

        public DataType()
        {
            base.RenderControl = control;
            control.Init += new EventHandler(control_Init);
            base.DataEditorControl.OnSave += new AbstractDataEditorControl.SaveEventHandler(DataEditorControl_OnSave);
        }

        void DataEditorControl_OnSave(EventArgs e)
        {
            base.Data.Value = control.SelectedValue;
        }

        //in this example, the dropdown values are stored in parent node
        void control_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var currentNodeId = Convert.ToInt32(HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["id"]);
            var parentNode = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService.GetParent(currentNodeId);

            for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
            {
                control.Items.Insert(i, new ListItem(i.ToString(), i.ToString() + "_abhi"));
            }

            if (base.Data.Value != null)
                control.SelectedValue = base.Data.Value.ToString();
        }
    }

Please suggest if there is any other way to accomplish this task.

Thanks in advance