/// <summary>
/// Creates an HTML name/value list for use with dropdowns, etc
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
static string ToHtmlList(string listFormat, string checkedFlag, IEnumerable enumerable, object selectedValue, string valueField, string textField) {
SelectList list = new SelectList(enumerable, valueField, textField, selectedValue);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
string selected = "";
List<System.Web.Mvc.ListItem> items = list.GetListItems().ToList();
foreach (System.Web.Mvc.ListItem item in items) {
selected = item.Selected ? checkedFlag : "";
sb.AppendFormat(listFormat, item.Value, selected, item.Text);
}
return sb.ToString();
}