protected void addEmailOptionSectLanguage_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { pnEmailOptionSectLanguage.Visible = true; // instantiate new ddl DropDownList myddl1 = (DropDownList)ddlSortOrder; // initialize array byte[] arSortOrder = new byte[1]; // assign value arSortOrder[0] = 10; for (byte i = 1; i <= arSortOrder[0]; i++) { ListItem myval = new ListItem(); myval.Text = Convert.ToString(i); myval.Value = Convert.ToString(i); myddl1.Items.Add(myval); } EmailOptionSectLanguageEngine eosl = new EmailOptionSectLanguageEngine(); DropDownList myddl2 = (DropDownList)ddlcfgEmailOptionSectID; DataTable dt = new DataTable(); dt = eosl.GetEmailSectOptions(); foreach (DataRow it in dt.Rows) { ListItem myval = new ListItem(); myval.Text = it["Descr"].ToString(); myval.Value = it["cfgEmailOptionID"].ToString(); myddl2.Items.Add(myval); } }