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Do you have an online demo? Are there any limitations as to the types of DataSource controls (like an ObjectDataSource or LinqDataSource) that it can be bound to?

Hi T-Mack,

I do not have any demo as of yet. But the code does not have any limitation on what datasource to work with. As said in the post I have also provided the full source code so that anyone can use it modify or upgrade the same.

Hi Vikram

Your control works great. Thanks.
But the problem is that it is not persisting the selectedText during PostBacks. Let me explain in detail.

On Search.aspx page, Search button click i have below code
Session["Discipline"] = ddlDiscipline.SelectedItem.Text;

On SearchResults.aspx page results are displayed fine. User navigates from SearchResults.aspx to UserView.aspx page by selecting one of the columns in GridView.

On UserView.aspx page i have Retrieve Search results page. During this process RestoreSearchCriteria() is called and when I do ddlDiscipline.SelectedItem.Text = Convert.ToString(Session["Discipline"]), it says null.
It means i m loosing the value here.

your help is appreciated.

HI Raju,
Thanks for appriciation.
As per the problem description, the problem does not seems to be with my control, but something to do with session. In First page debug and check if any value is put in the session. I am sure my control would retain the value after postback until you have made viewstate to false