Initial value in a combo box

[Pete]

Is there any way to add an initial value into a databound combo box on a
windows form.
I have a combo box set to dropdown list so users cannot add their own items
and I fill the data from a dataset in the following code

DataSet dsTitles = DataAccess.GetL ookupItems("Tit les", "Title");
cbPersonTitle.D isplayMember = "Title";
cbPersonTitle.V alueMember = "TitleID";
cbPersonTitle.D ataSource = dsTitles.Tables["Titles"];

However I want the initial value to be "Please select....." and not an item
from the database.

[cody]

you could try

cbPersonTitle.T ext = "Please select.....";

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Is there any way to add an initial value into a databound combo box on a
windows form.
I have a combo box set to dropdown list so users cannot add their own items and I fill the data from a dataset in the following code

DataSet dsTitles = DataAccess.GetL ookupItems("Tit les", "Title");
cbPersonTitle.D isplayMember = "Title";
cbPersonTitle.V alueMember = "TitleID";
cbPersonTitle.D ataSource = dsTitles.Tables["Titles"];

However I want the initial value to be "Please select....." and not an item from the database.

[CBretana]

ListItem LI = new ListItem("PLeas e Select...", "-1");
LI.Selected = true;
cmbo.ListItems. Add(new ListItem(LI);
// Then add the other items from your dataset...
foreach (DataRow dr in dsTitles["Titles"])
{
string sTitle = dr["Title"].ToString();
string sTitleID = dr["TitleID"].ToString();
cmbo.ListItems. Add(new ListItem(sTitle , sTitleID );
}
"Pete" wrote:

Is there any way to add an initial value into a databound combo box on a
windows form.
I have a combo box set to dropdown list so users cannot add their own items
and I fill the data from a dataset in the following code

DataSet dsTitles = DataAccess.GetL ookupItems("Tit les", "Title");
cbPersonTitle.D isplayMember = "Title";
cbPersonTitle.V alueMember = "TitleID";
cbPersonTitle.D ataSource = dsTitles.Tables["Titles"];

However I want the initial value to be "Please select....." and not an item
from the database.