howto select text in a combobox

[ORC]

I have a combobox with an unknown list of items except of one item which I
want to be selected at startup. I know that I can select an index like this:
comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 1;
but I don't know the index of the item I want to be selected. So I'm looking
for something like this:
comboBox1.Selected??????? = "Bob";

This way the program will start with a comboBox showing the text "Bob".

Any idea how to do this?

Thanks
Ole

[Brian Keating EI9FXB]

comboBox.Text = "bob";

"ORC" wrote:

I have a combobox with an unknown list of items except of one item which I
want to be selected at startup. I know that I can select an index like this:
comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 1;
but I don't know the index of the item I want to be selected. So I'm looking
for something like this:
comboBox1.Selected??????? = "Bob";

This way the program will start with a comboBox showing the text "Bob".

Any idea how to do this?

Thanks
Ole

[ORC]

Great - thanks!

"Brian Keating EI9FXB" <csharp at briankeating.net> wrote in message
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comboBox.Text = "bob";

"ORC" wrote:

I have a combobox with an unknown list of items except of one item which I want to be selected at startup. I know that I can select an index like this: comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 1;
but I don't know the index of the item I want to be selected. So I'm looking for something like this:
comboBox1.Selected??????? = "Bob";

This way the program will start with a comboBox showing the text "Bob".

Any idea how to do this?

Thanks
Ole