Vista - How to copy dropdownlist to each other?

I need to know how to copy one DropDownList to another in a single line.

I have a class method that builds a DropDownList object at runtime. This
object is then returned to the calling ASPX page. I tried:

dropNames = CommonTools.LoadNames(); //returns DropDownList object

LoadNames returns a populated DropDownList object. But the rendered list is
blank even though the debugger says that the class did return with the
correct object.

The only time I can get the DropDownList to display its content is:

dropNames .DataSource = CommonTools.LoadNames().Items


Even then I get the Text options, but the Values are just the same as the
text and not what the “values� the class returned.


How can I accomplish this? Im trying to avoid a FOREACH

What possible reason could there be for *needing* to do this in a single
line of code?

"JP" <JP@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B3D28738-C6CA-4F15-A171-0B596FCCEF7F@xxxxxx

For a Winforms App a single line:
comboBox2.DataSource = comboBox1.Items;

For a Web App two lines:
this.DropDownList2.DataSource = this.DropDownList1.Items;
this.DropDownList2.DataBind();

EDIT: oops, never mind, the values are copied as strings equal to the text value in the web app...

How's this (4 lines, but no for loop):
this.DropDownList2.DataTextField = "Text";
this.DropDownList2.DataValueField = "Value";

this.DropDownList2.DataSource = this.DropDownList1.Items;
this.DropDownList2.DataBind();