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ok i am sure this is something simple but for the life of me i just dont get it..... i need to get the vlaue of the drop down list, check to see if its the default value, if it is report the msg, if it isnt, set the current value to a session value. I have everything done but i figured to get the value it would be myRegionList.Value or selected.value or some such, i have tried them all and i just dont get it..... i must be dense....... please help <asp:DropDownList id="myRegionList" runat="server" Width="145px"> <asp:ListItem Value="noRegion" Selected="True">Select Region</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Value="Vegas">Las Vegas</asp:ListItem> <asp:ListItem Value="Pocatella">Pocatella</asp:ListItem> </asp:DropDownList> and If myRegionList.Value = "noRegion" thanks alot, sorry if its really easy i am trying to learn .net as fast as i can on my own

does asp "session" =/= asp.net "session" ? or am i doing something wrong?

how to specify for which dirs to make, region, tech, year and month will most likely already be there, how to check and make sure that those folders are there and if not create one? or just specify the command and c:\uploads\year\month\day and it will make just the day since thats all it needs? and maybe an example? please respond, thanks in advance

i have a snippet of code that works just fine at the top of asp pages to protect pages but i need to put it on asp.net pages and it doesnt work, anyone have something that equals this? Thanks in advance!

Ok, here goes everyone, this is my first asp.net project and its for work /sigh so i could really use some help what i HAVE to do, have one page that authenticates the user (i dont care if its by and xcl sheet access db or by boobla boobla black magic :D ) then if the are a user pass the username to the next page as "techNum" (right now i have some dropdowns to select them but thats just so i could get my juices flowing) on the next page they will upload 16 jpgs (i think i have that part covered) AND on that page i need to make a form that will save an excel document in the same dir as all the jpgs, thats all, not much eh :D i have included the code i have written thus far for page 2 (which is just the form to upload the 16 jpgs) Please see if you have any improvements for it or any blatent errors p.s. be merciful its the first time i have dabbled at all in .net stuff at all, there is alot of whitespace right now as well, sorry