Making dropdown list disabled

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Hi Guys,

I have a dropdown list which is created dynamically using c#. I have to make it readonly based on page permission but if i set the property to disabled it can be over ridden by clicking F12 and deleting that property.. Is there any way to prevent it??? Please help me out

Posted 18-Jul-12 2:43am

Arjun Menon U.K

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StianSandberg · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-18T03:06:00

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First of all. A dropdownlist is always readonly!

The only way to prevent the F12-trick is to not populate any options if the user does not have permissions. Or only populate the 1 option the user is allowed to see.
You create it dynamically, so this should be easy to do.

Posted 18-Jul-12 3:06am

StianSandberg

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Arjun Menon U.K 18-Jul-12 9:18am

Alluvial The Problem is am populating the ddl on load and then disabling it.. So is there any other way

StianSandberg 18-Jul-12 9:21am

No, I don't think there are any other way around this. But it would be quite easy to do like i suggested in my answer?

Arjun Menon U.K 18-Jul-12 9:26am

Thanks a lot yaar.. Will do it as you told.. Cheers

StianSandberg 18-Jul-12 9:28am

I think that's the best and safest solution. Then your visitors cant tamper your html source or even look at options they should not see.. Please accept my answer :)