Hi everyone,

I have a dropdownlist that looks like this:

<aspropDownList
ID="ddlDate"
runat="server"
Height="25px"
Width="200px"
AutoPostBack="true"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlDate_SelectedIndexChanged"

>
</aspropDownList>

What I want to be able to do is when the user chooses the date, I want to fire this javascript:

function date_onchange()
{
divstatus.innerHTML = "<font color = red>Please wait...";
}

so that the user sees a "Please Wait ..." message while the data is being gathered. But when I modify the dropdownlist like this:

<aspropDownList
ID="ddlDate"
runat="server"
Height="25px"
Width="200px"
AutoPostBack="true"
OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddlDate_SelectedIndexChanged"
onchange="return date_onchange()"
>
</aspropDownList>

The "Please Wait..." message appears but the ddlDate_SelectedIndexChanged routine doesn't trigger. Is there a way/better way to do this?

Thanks!
J