Two values in a ComboBox

Question

Hi There was a property in VB called ItemData which is a integer value associated with each item. This allowed me to show a Description of a Field as the Item and the ID of the Field as ItemData(Not visble). E.G. EmployeeName Employee_ID Danial 1 Joe 2 Robert 3 How can i achive this in C# i dont want to display the Employee ID to the user is there any way i can Extend the ComboBox and add an extra property? Thanks for your help.

datique · Answer

Cheers yes i was looking for DisplayMember and ValuMember property. Thanks

sacresp · Answer

Where do you get your data? If it comes from database you can use SELECT ENAME EID FROM TABLENAME // Obtain a datareader comboBox1.Datasource = dataReader; comboBox1.DisplayMember = ENAME; comboBox1.ValueMember = EID;