Need to default drop down lists value and make the whole thing hidden from the page ..But subsequent operations should be unaffected
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I have a code piece like below..there are 13 div's each one holding a drop down box with some values and this drop down list and their corresponding level will be visible only when certain criteria matches.Now, the problem is user wants to default all the response related to this ddllist to "+"..and dont want to this values and their label's to show on the page..but the delta is when I am commenting out the code for the value other than + in the below ddlist , it is unable to fire subsequent actions properly.Any suggestions!!

    

  		<div id="bottomForm" class="bottomForm" style="visibility: hidden; display: none;">  		<table>
            <tr>
              <td>Q.2 Certification and Documents</td>
              <td>
                <select id="ssr_q2" name="ssr_q2" class="<%if session("highlight_ssr_q2") = "True" then response.write "selecterror" end if%>">
                <option value="+" <% If sesh_ssr_q2="&#43;" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>> + Satisfactory</option>
                  <!--
                  <option value=""  <% If sesh_ssr_q2="" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>>Select Rating></option>
                  <option value="0" <% If sesh_ssr_q2="0" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>> 0 Room for Improvement</option>
                  <option value="-" <% If sesh_ssr_q2="&#45;" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>> - Unsatisfactory</option>
                  <option value="N" <% If sesh_ssr_q2="N" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>> N Not applicable</option>
                  <option value="M" <% If sesh_ssr_q2="M" Then response.write "SELECTED" %>> M Not Seen</option>-->
               </select>
              </td>
            </tr>

and the same thing I have done for rest of the questions/ddllists in this page. Its a classic ASP application.     
            