Setting SelectedValue of Cascading DropDown

For a cascading dropdown with such a definition:

< id="CascadingDropDownState" runat="server">< /cc1:cascadingdropdown >

< category="State" prompttext="Select State" selectedvalue="CO" servicemethod="getState" servicepath="GetWebServiceData.asmx" targetcontrolid="ddlState">< /cc1:cascadingdropdownproperties>

you can use this code to set selectedvalue from code:



CascadingDropDownProperties props = CascadingDropDownState.GetTargetProperties(ddlState);

props.SelectedValue = "CO";

You can also see the ASP.NET forum thread