how to prevent an event from firing?

[nev]

i placed code in the itemchecked event of a checkedlistbox

now, i check the items programmatically.

what i want to achieve is that when i check the item in the program, the itemchecked event should not fire. but when the user clicks checkedlistbox to check an item, the event should fire.

how to do this?

[Plater]

You could create a boolean value say "doCheckEvent".
Then in your item checked eventhandler, have it ONLY run the code if doCheckEvent=true.

So when you check items withen your code:
doCheckEvent=false;
//check some items
//check some items
//check some items
doCheckEvent=true;

[nev]

You could create a boolean value say "doCheckEvent".
Then in your item checked eventhandler, have it ONLY run the code if doCheckEvent=true.

So when you check items withen your code:
doCheckEvent=false;
//check some items
//check some items
//check some items
doCheckEvent=true;

thank you. does this mean i need to declare a global variable for the class? or is there some other way i can pass or check this value instead of declaring it as global?

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[Shashi Sadasivan]

thank you. does this mean i need to declare a global variable for the class? or is there some other way i can pass or check this value instead of declaring it as global?

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Well, its not exactly a global variable, its a variable in the class, which can be accessed by all the methods in it.
Everytime your even is fired, it will have to check if it is the right time to start the event or not.

[nev]

Well, its not exactly a global variable, its a variable in the class, which can be accessed by all the methods in it.
Everytime your even is fired, it will have to check if it is the right time to start the event or not.

oh my bad. i think its called public variable. this is amazing! i'll try it in my code now. you're all great help :-)

[Shashi Sadasivan]

oh my bad. i think its called public variable. this is amazing! i'll try it in my code now. you're all great help :-)

You wont have the need to have it public, unless you want other forms to control the variable.
If you are changing the value of this vcariable within the form itself, then private is the way to go, will lessen the clutter in intellisense too !

[nev]

You wont have the need to have it public, unless you want other forms to control the variable.
If you are changing the value of this vcariable within the form itself, then private is the way to go, will lessen the clutter in intellisense too !

oohhhh....yesss...yessssss. thank you for enlightening me :-)