You call that method at any point after the control is bound. An easy place would be in the DataBound event of the DropDownBox control. I don't know what else occurs in the Edit event, so I can't be sure if that is the proper place. But if you can determine within that event that the DropDownBox has already been bound, you can call that method. The important thing is that the method needs to be called *after* the control is bound.
-dZ.