title: dropdownlist selected index option not working with javascript
body: <p>I am using an asp.net dropdownlist it contains 5 values the sample code is as follows </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;asp:DropDownList ID="ddlSampledropdown" runat="server" Width="250px"&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="0" title="--Select--"&gt;--Select--&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="1" title="Alpha"&gt;Alpha&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="2" title="Bravo"&gt;Bravo&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="3" title="Charlie"&gt;Charlie&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="4" title="Delta"&gt;Delta&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
       &lt;asp:ListItem Value="5" title="Echo"&gt;Echo&lt;/asp:ListItem&gt;
  &lt;/asp:DropDownList&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to set the dropdownlist as disabled and set the selected text as alpha how can i do this with the help of a javascript in asp.net 2003</p>
  
  <p>I made it as disabled but was unable to set the dropdownlist selected value </p>