combo box

Question

i have a combo box that i want to fill with text to display and an id in the background. i dont want to databind the control in anyway but add the data in through code. like a listview you use the listviewitem collection. for a combo box what do you use. tried the listviewitem. it work but displays badly. in the old vb you had the itemdata tag anyone got any code that they can show me cheers keith

keith.bromwich · Answer

Thanks for that. simple when you know how just for other people who read the thread when you then want to get the information out you need to refrence like this combobox.Items(combobox.SelectedIndex).myproj1.ToString for this to work you have to switch off option strict as this is a late binding issue which is not allowed with option strict set as on

kovan · Answer

in vb.net its even better it lets you store objects of any kind let say this is yoru object (with unlimited number of properties methods and so on)[code] Public Class myObj Dim m_pro1 As String Dim m_pro2 As String Public Property myPro1() As String Get Return m_pro1 End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) m_pro1 = Value End Set End Property Public Property myPro2() As String Get Return m_pro2 End Get Set(ByVal Value As String) m_pro2 = Value End Set End Property End Class dim _myObj as new myObj _myObj.myPro1 = Property 1 _myObj.myPro2 = Property 2 [/code] combobox1.DisplayMember = myPro1 ' THIS MUST BE the property name u want displayed and it must be set before adding items to the combo box. combobox1.items.add(_myObj)