Thread: Checking an Item In the Check List Box

Hey... everybody

I am comparing the items in a checklist box to another list of items. If certain conditions are stified then I m setting then I am setting an item as checked (programmatically) in the Checklist box.

I put a breakpoint right after I check an item in the checklist box, and then I opened the properties for the checklist box in the debug window.

I saw that the property called CheckedIndices.count = 1.

I even put a breakpoint at the Itemcheck event for that particular checklistbox, and the program does go there when I programatically check an item in the checklistbox.

When the form actually loads, I do not see any checks on the form. Is there some property that I have activate for the checks to be visible ??

Code:

JobInstrumentCheckList.SetItemCheckState(0, CheckState.Checked)

there is not property that you have to activate for the checks to be visible ... they are visible by default ... but you can post some code as we could find the possible error ... Cheers

Hey Man,

Here is the code:

Code:

 
*****FORM LOAD**************
 
 
 
 
Private Sub RepairOrderSystemForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
'pull all the data from the database, the customer search should
 
'be taking care of this. Whenever we double click on a job
 
'the page load load should be given a job ID and then Grab
 
 
 
 
 
'Get the values for the actuator, valve, Instrument and accessories
 
'And populate the List boxes and the combo boxes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PopulateBoxes("Valve", JobValveCombo)
 
PopulateBoxes("Actuator", JobActuatorCombo)
 
PopulateBoxes("Accessory", JobAccessoryCheckList)
 
PopulateBoxes("Instrument", JobInstrumentCheckList)
 
 
 
StatusIndex = 0
 
 
 
Dim i As Integer
 
For i = 1 To (Me.TabControl1.TabPages.Count() - 1)
 
Me.TabControl1.TabPages(i).Enabled = False
 
Next i
 
 
 
If Not JobId.Text = "" Then
 
'Call the function that will do the checks for items in the database
 
SelectChosen(JobId.Text)
 
End If
 
 
 
End Sub

Code:

********Populate Boxes Function**************
 
 
 
 
 
 


Public Sub PopulateBoxes(ByVal type As String, ByVal obj As Object)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Try
 
Dim proc As New RepairItemProcessor
 
Dim aList As ArrayList
 
'The only reason for this TempList, is to have a 
 
'"Select An Item" Choice
 
Dim TempList As New ArrayList
 
Dim anitem As New RepairItem
 
 
 
anitem.RepairItemName = "Select an Item"
 
 
 
TempList.Add(anitem)
 
aList = proc.getRepairItemList(type)
 
 
 
 
 
If Not aList Is Nothing AndAlso aList.Count > 0 Then
 
If type = "Instrument" Or type = "Accessory" Then
 
 
 
obj.DisplayMember = "RepairItemName"
 
obj.ValueMember = "Mechanism"
 
obj.DataSource = aList
 
 
 
 
 
Else
 
TempList.AddRange(aList)
 
obj.DisplayMember = "RepairItemName"
 
obj.ValueMember = "Mechanism"
 
obj.DataSource = TempList
 
 
 
End If
 
End If
 
Catch ex As Exception
 
 
 
Throw New Exception("AccessDBError", ex)
 
End Try
 
 
 
End Sub
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Code:

 
*********Select Chosen Function*****************

Code:

 
 


Public Sub SelectChosen(ByVal JobId As String)Dim proc As New Job_xref_RepaitItemProcessor

Dim proc2 As New RepairItemProcessor
Dim ChosenOnes As ArrayList
Dim AllTheOnes As ArrayList
 
'Go to the database and grab the list of the repair items 
 
'selected. Display the selected items on the Main Form
 
ChosenOnes = proc.getRepairItemList(JobId)
 
'Dim ChosenCount As Int16 = ChosenOnes.Count
 
 
 
choose(ChosenOnes, JobActuatorCombo)
 
choose(ChosenOnes, JobValveCombo)
 
choose(ChosenOnes, JobInstrumentCheckList, True)
 
choose(ChosenOnes, JobAccessoryCheckList, True)
 
JobInstrumentCheckList.SetItemCheckState(0, CheckState.Checked)
 
JobInstrumentCheckList.SetItemCheckState(1, CheckState.Checked)
 
JobInstrumentCheckList.SetItemCheckState(2, CheckState.Checked)
 
JobInstrumentCheckList.SetItemCheckState(3, CheckState.Checked)
 
 



End Sub
 

Code:

 
*****Choose Function*******************
Public Sub choose(ByVal obj As Object, ByVal obj2 As Object, Optional ByVal IsInstrument As Boolean = False)
 
Dim ChosenCount As Int16 = obj.Count 
 
 
 
'update(chosenones,Jobactuatorcombo)
 
Dim AllCount As Int16 = obj2.Items.Count
 
 
 
 
 
For I As Integer = 0 To (ChosenCount - 1)
 
 
 
For J As Integer = 0 To (AllCount - 1)
 
If IsInstrument Then
 
'dealing with the checklist boxes
 
If obj(I).RepairItemName = obj2.Items.Item(J).RepairItemName Then
 
' obj2.SetItemChecked(J, True)
 
 
 
End If
 
Else
 
'Dealing with the combo boxes
 
If obj(I).RepairItemName = obj2.Items.Item(J).RepairItemName Then
 
obj2.SelectedItem = obj2.Items.Item(J)
 
End If
 
End If
 
Next
 
 
 
Next

Code:

End Sub
 


 
 
 

Wow, That's too much code for reading!
Ok, I will try to find the bug and fix it anyway ... as I don't know if I have enough free time to do so.

Kind regards

hey man.... sorry about the code... if you could just tell me about the behaviour of the check list boxes. why would the state go to unchecked after being checked??

When the item does "uncheck", should the item check event be raised??

Thanks,
Nabby

Hey I think I have the problem identified.
In my application, I have a parent form and a child form. The parent form loads before the child form, and the checklist box is in the child form.

I tried to activate "Child Form" individually, therefore it opened as a seperate window, but the checklist WORKED. I can see the checked item in the new window. For some reason the values of the checklist box is not being passed along if I have the "frm.mdiparent" property set. Is there a way to pass all the properties when I am creating an MDI child.

Thanks,
Nabby

Finally the problem is solved. Apparently there is bug in .NET with the Tab Control. Therefore I used the code :

"Tabpage.BindingContext = Me.BindingContext"
This alsoprovides the funtionality to remember the checked items when we are jumping between tabs on a page.

This caused a lot of problems since yesterday. Feels good to finally have it working.

Nabby