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Binding All Countries to DropdownList in ASP. NET using VB.NET

Posted by Rohatash Kumar in Articles | ASP.NET using VB.NET on June 27, 2011

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In this article we will learn How to get list of all countries and bind to a DropDownList in ASP. NET.

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In this article we will learn How to get list of all countries and bind to a DropDownList in ASP. NET. Create an ASP. NET application and drag and drop a DropDownList control from the Toolbox to the page.

Add the following Namespace.

Imports System.Globalization

.ASPX code

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="WebForm1.aspx.vb" Inherits="getcountryandbindwithdropdownlist.WebForm1" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

.style1

{

color: #000099;

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<div>

<span class="style1"><strong>Select Country :</strong></span>  

<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" BackColor="#3399FF"

ForeColor="#66FF66">

</asp:DropDownList>

</div>

</form>

</body>

</html>

Page looks like below figure1.

Figure1

CultureInfo class

The CultureInfo class contains culture-specific information, such as the language, country/region, calendar, and cultural conventions. The CultureInfo class specifies a unique name for each culture. The CultureInfo class specifies a unique name for each culture.

GetCultures method

GetCultures method to retrieve a complete list of all cultures.

Now call this GetCountry method on your page load that will bind and display countries in the DropDownList.

.VB Code

Imports System.Globalization

Public Class WebForm1

Inherits System.Web.UI.Page

Public Function GetCountry() As List(Of String)

Dim list As New List(Of String)()

Dim cultures As CultureInfo() =CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.InstalledWin32CulturesOr CultureTypes.SpecificCultures)

For Each info As CultureInfo In cultures

Dim info2 As New RegionInfo(info.LCID)