Combobox

[Alan T]

Can I load the items into combobox with id too?
Eg.
Apple with id 1
Orange with id 2
Lemon with id 3

[Stanimir Stoyanov]

RE: Combobox

"Alan T" wrote:

Can I load the items into combobox with id too?
Eg.
Apple with id 1
Orange with id 2
Lemon with id 3

Hello Alan,

Items in the ComboBox control can be instances of any class therefore you
can create one for your needs, for instance, "ItemInfo." It would have a Text
and ID properties which you can assign values to and later use them to
manipulate other objects. Note that you will have to override the ToString()
method and return a meaningful value which will appear in the ComboBox's list.

I hope this helps.
--
Best regards,

Stanimir Stoyanov
admin@nospam.st oyanoff.info

[AnduAlem]

RE: Combobox

here is a sample

public class ComboBoxItem
{
public ComboBoxItem(st ring displayText, string itemValue)
{
this.ItemValue = itemValue;
this.DisplayTex t = displayText;
}

private string _itemValue;
private string _displayText;

public string DisplayText
{
get
{
return _displayText;
}
set
{
_displayText = value;
}
}

public string ItemValue
{
get
{
return _itemValue;
}
set
{
_itemValue = value;
}
}
}


to bind the combobox with your custom values you would do this ...

ComboBoxItem[] dataSourceItems = {new ComboBoxItem("o ne", "1"),new
ComboBoxItem("t wo", "2"),new ComboBoxItem("t hree", "3")};

this.comboBox1. ValueMember = "DisplayTex t";
this.comboBox1. DisplayMember = "ItemValue" ;

this.comboBox1. DataSource = dataSourceItems ;


Note that the class above is created for ilustration purposes and that it
can be any other class and you can bind the combobox to any other object and
all you have to do change the properties that will be used for ValueMember &
DisplayMember.


I hope this will be helpful

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"Alan T" wrote:

Can I load the items into combobox with id too?
Eg.
Apple with id 1
Orange with id 2
Lemon with id 3
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[Alan T]

Re: Combobox

I have 10 instances of a class and would like to add these 10 instances into
the combobox, then how do I do that?
Do I really need to pack these 10 instances into an array ?

"AnduAlem" <AnduAlem@discu ssions.microsof t.comwrote in message
news:0E04192B-AAD5-4B3C-B5EE-D0D1217E6FD2@mi crosoft.com...

here is a sample
>
public class ComboBoxItem
{
public ComboBoxItem(st ring displayText, string itemValue)
{
this.ItemValue = itemValue;
this.DisplayTex t = displayText;
}
>
private string _itemValue;
private string _displayText;
>
public string DisplayText
{
get
{
return _displayText;
}
set
{
_displayText = value;
}
}
>
public string ItemValue
{
get
{
return _itemValue;
}
set
{
_itemValue = value;
}
}
}
>
>
to bind the combobox with your custom values you would do this ...
>
ComboBoxItem[] dataSourceItems = {new ComboBoxItem("o ne", "1"),new
ComboBoxItem("t wo", "2"),new ComboBoxItem("t hree", "3")};
>
this.comboBox1. ValueMember = "DisplayTex t";
this.comboBox1. DisplayMember = "ItemValue" ;
>
this.comboBox1. DataSource = dataSourceItems ;
>
>
Note that the class above is created for ilustration purposes and that it
can be any other class and you can bind the combobox to any other object
and
all you have to do change the properties that will be used for ValueMember
&
DisplayMember.
>
>
I hope this will be helpful
>
A
>
"Alan T" wrote:
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>Can I load the items into combobox with id too?
>Eg.
>Apple with id 1
>Orange with id 2
>Lemon with id 3
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