vb.net 2.0 Comobox datasource to an business object

[JeffV]

All I have a business object that I have bound to my combobox:
Dim myLeagueList As coachingAppObjects.ro_leagueRootList
myLeagueList =
coachingAppObjects.ro_leagueRootList.GetLeagueRoot List
Me.cboLeagues.DataSource = myLeagueList

This works great, however, I would like to add a default item as the
first one on the list (for example: Please Select).

Please Select
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
However, whenever I do the following

cboLeagues.items.add("Please Select")

I get the following message:

Items collection cannot be modified when the DataSource property
is set.

Any suggestions?

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Add "Please Select" before you databind the control. Then set
AppendDataboundItems to True. That should do the trick.
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"JeffV" wrote:

All I have a business object that I have bound to my combobox:
Dim myLeagueList As coachingAppObjects.ro_leagueRootList
myLeagueList =
coachingAppObjects.ro_leagueRootList.GetLeagueRoot List
Me.cboLeagues.DataSource = myLeagueList

This works great, however, I would like to add a default item as the
first one on the list (for example: Please Select).

Please Select
Choice 1
Choice 2
Choice 3
However, whenever I do the following

cboLeagues.items.add("Please Select")

I get the following message:

Items collection cannot be modified when the DataSource property
is set.

Any suggestions?