lstListBox.Sele ctedItem cannot be converted to 'String'

[Tracey]

How can I convert[ListBox.Selecte dItem] to a string (what I thought was a
string)?
and/or
How can I assign the value of a selected item in a list box to Label1.Text?
using VB in VS2005.
Thanks, Tracey

I completed a {simple} class project that displays the value of what was
clicked in a List Box (which appears at the top of the page):
Response.Write( "You clicked ")
Response.Write( ListBox.Selecte dItem)
Class Project completed as designed without any error message.

But the whole page shifts/jumps down which doesn't look very elegant to me
so I created a label at the top of the page to display the value of what was
selected:
My 1st attempt: --- Label1.Text = "You clicked " : ListBox.Selecte dItem ---
gets a blue squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem
My 2nd attempt: --- Label1.Text = ListBox.Selecte dItem --- gets a blue
squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem

Both result in the following error: Value of type
'System.Web.UI. WebControls.Lis tItem' cannot be converted to 'String'.

[Tracey]

Just FYI I was give the solution Label1.Text = ListBox.Text

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How can I convert[ListBox.Selecte dItem] to a string (what I thought was a
string)?
and/or
How can I assign the value of a selected item in a list box to

Label1.Text?

using VB in VS2005.
Thanks, Tracey

I completed a {simple} class project that displays the value of what was
clicked in a List Box (which appears at the top of the page):
Response.Write( "You clicked ")
Response.Write( ListBox.Selecte dItem)
Class Project completed as designed without any error message.

But the whole page shifts/jumps down which doesn't look very elegant to me
so I created a label at the top of the page to display the value of what

was

selected:
My 1st attempt: --- Label1.Text = "You clicked " :

ListBox.Selecte dItem ---

gets a blue squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem
My 2nd attempt: --- Label1.Text = ListBox.Selecte dItem --- gets a blue
squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem

Both result in the following error: Value of type
'System.Web.UI. WebControls.Lis tItem' cannot be converted to 'String'.

[Larry Bud]

On May 3, 10:31 am, "Tracey" <[e-mail] ote:

How can I convert[ListBox.Selecte dItem] to a string (what I thought was a
string)?
and/or
How can I assign the value of a selected item in a list box to Label1.Text?
using VB in VS2005.
Thanks, Tracey

I completed a {simple} class project that displays the value of what was
clicked in a List Box (which appears at the top of the page):
Response.Write( "You clicked ")
Response.Write( ListBox.Selecte dItem)
Class Project completed as designed without any error message.

But the whole page shifts/jumps down which doesn't look very elegant to me
so I created a label at the top of the page to display the value of what was
selected:
My 1st attempt: --- Label1.Text = "You clicked " : ListBox.Selecte dItem ---
gets a blue squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem
My 2nd attempt: --- Label1.Text = ListBox.Selecte dItem --- gets a blue
squiggly line under ListBox.Selecte dItem

Both result in the following error: Value of type
'System.Web.UI. WebControls.Lis tItem' cannot be converted to 'String'.

Should be

ListBox.Selecte dItem.ToString( )