You can do

int preValue;

Int32.TryParse(your property, out preValue);  //preValue as numeric value

string preValueAsString = umbraco.library.GetPreValueAsString(preValue);

Charlie :)

Great thanks is the syntax like this? instead of "your property"

Model.dropdownList

that should be the one.  Are you using visual studio and are you using IIS?  If so you should be able to debug and see what value you are getting returned.  I think of the top of my head its @Model.GetProperty("dropdownList").Value.ToString().  It might be the object you need which would be @Model.GetProperty("dropdownList").Value.  Charlie :).  Please could you make this solved if this works :).  Thanks.  Charlie :) 

Thanks :)

and another question please what if I want to get all the pre-values of this data type, like in my sceenshot getting all the numbers from 6 to 9 ?

Sorry but your answer didn't work for me, this code does:

 umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web.Document doc = new umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web.Document(Model.Id);

 @doc.getProperty("dropdownList").Value

Man you're great

Thanks  a lot for your help, this is my code I used the Current property in order to loose the first foreach loop

System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator iterate = umbraco.library.GetPreValues(-42);
string xmlStr = iterate.Current.InnerXml;
System.Xml.XmlDocument xmlDoc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.LoadXml(xmlStr);
System.Xml.XmlNodeList xmlNodeList = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//preValues/preValue");
foreach (System.Xml.XmlNode item in xmlNodeList)
{
   @item.Attributes["id"].Value
}

Hi, glad you got it done :).  Can you maked this a solved :).  I see what you have done with XPathNodeIterator calling it iterate.  I dont know why but feels a bit obsure.

You're right, that a pretty poor naming convantion, but for this sample that'll do the trick :)

Thanks

How do I get the actual text string?

I wonder if anyone is still paying attention to this thread...

What I am trying to do is this.  I have a checkbox data type that is a list of job categories (jobsCategory).  

The parent node (Find-A-Job) will have children for each job, and one of the fields on the doctype is of course the category.

On the display page, I would like to iterate through all the categories, then under each one, show child nodes that have that value checked (if any).  Something like this:

Construction

Job 1

Job 2

Operations

No Jobs found

Service

Job 1 

Job 2

Just in case anyone can help, and to avoid confusion, here are some ids:

Parent Node (Find-A-Job): 1120

datatypeId: 1127

I know there has to be a way to do this, but I am not a programmer and am having a hard time trying to figure it out.  Any help would be most appreciated.

If you want the values you need something like this, when you use checkboxes you  get comma separated values.

@inherits Umbraco.Web.Mvc.UmbracoTemplatePage
@{
    Layout = "Master.cshtml";
}

@{
    string imageStr = Model.Content.GetProperty("gallery").Value.ToString();
    IEnumerable<dynamic> images = imageStr.Split(new char[] { ',' });
}

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