populate a combobox

[portroe]

in VB. net

how do you populate a combobox with items?

thanks

portroe

[EricJ]

there are different ways:
in design go to the combo en select the items property
in code
combo.items.add("ze item")
(if you have your own class that has a tostring)
combo.items.add(instanceofyourclass)

or you can make the combo bound to a datasource

hope it helps

eric

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in VB. net

how do you populate a combobox with items?

thanks

portroe

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* portroe <bo*@sleigh.com> scripsit:

in VB. net

how do you populate a combobox with items?

\\\
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add("Foo")
Me.ComboBox1.Items.AddRange(New String() {"Item1", "Item2", ...})
///

- or -

\\\
With Me.ListBox1
.DataSource = Database.FindPeople(...)
.DisplayMember = "Name"
.ValueMember = "Age"
End With
///

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>