Thread: combobox and ojbects...

Hi,
I have a combobox where I have added a number of objects :

Dim objOp4a AsNewclsObjectobjOp4a.ID = 0
objOp4a.Name ="NONE"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp4a)

Dim objOp4 AsNewclsObject
objOp4.ID = 1
objOp4.Name = "Put Bench"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp4)

Dim objOp5 AsNewclsObject
objOp5.ID = 8
objOp5.Name = "Sort Bench"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp5)


I now need to set the combobox (using vb.net code) to set its item to be the Sort bench text, but I only have the ID (8) to work with.

Thanks

Instead of adding the items directly to the ComboBox, put them into an array or collection and then bind that to the ComboBox:

With myComboBox

    .DisplayMember = "Name"

    .ValueMemebr = "ID"

    .DataSource = myList

End With

You can then select an item by ID by assigning the desired value to the SelectedValue property of the ComboBox.