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how to capture selected values of a combobox who's datasource is a LIST (arrylist)

Asked by: mkarkoukli

I am using a combo box to allow the user to change the view of a datagridview based on a value selected from the combobox (status). the datasource for the combobox is LIST as you can see below. When I open the form i am preloading the combobox to get it ready. For some reason I'm getting the error below when I open my form. I suspect the reason behind the error is the fact that I am using a LIST for datasource; consequently I am unable to read correctly the integer value of a selected status. So my question, how am i supposed to read the integer value for a selected status while the data source is a LIST?

Thank you,

Private Sub PopulateLookupComboBoxes()
 
        StatusList_Lookup = StatusDB.GetStatus
 
        Me.cboStatusLookup.DataSource = StatusList_Lookup
        Me.cboStatusLookup.ValueMember = "StatusID"
        Me.cboStatusLookup.DisplayMember = "StatusDesc"
        'Me.cboStatusLookup.SelectedValue = -1
End sub
 
 
Public Class StatusDB
    Public Shared Function GetStatus() As List(Of Status)
        Dim StatusList As New List(Of Status)
        Dim connection As SqlConnection = DBConnection.GetConnection(True)
 
        Dim selectStatement As String _
            = "Select pkStatusID, StatusDesc " _
            & "FROM tblStatus " _
            & "ORDER BY StatusDesc"
 
        Dim selectCommand As New SqlCommand(selectStatement, connection)
        Try
            connection.Open()
            Dim reader As SqlDataReader
            reader = selectCommand.ExecuteReader()
            Dim i As Integer
            i = reader.RecordsAffected
 
            Dim Status As Status
            Do While reader.Read
                Status = New Status
                Status.StatusID = CInt(reader("pkStatusID"))
                Status.StatusDesc = reader("StatusDesc").ToString
                StatusList.Add(Status)
            Loop
            reader.Close()
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            Throw ex
        End Try
        Return StatusList
    End Function
 
End Class
 
 
 
 
  Private Sub cboStatusLookup_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cboStatusLookup.SelectedIndexChanged
        ProcessSearch("Status", Me.cboStatusLookup.SelectedValue)
    End Sub
 
Private Sub ProcessSearch(ByVal strFieldName As String, ByVal intFieldValue As Integer)
 
        Dim lngCurrentTicketID As Long
        Select Case strFieldName
 
            Case Is = "Status"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus = " & intFieldValue & " "
 
            Case Is = "TicketID"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblTicketsQueue.pkTicketID = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
 
            Case Is = "Employee"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblTicketsQueue.fkUser = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
 
            Case Is = "Category"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblTicketsQueue.fkCategory = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
 
            Case Is = "Product"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblTicketsQueue.fkProduct = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
 
            Case Is = "Department"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblUsers.fkDepartmentID = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
 
            Case Is = "TicketHolder"
                SQLWhere = "WHERE tblTicketsQueue.fkStatus NOT LIKE " & Statusclosed & " AND tblTicketsQueue.MarkForDeletion NOT LIKE 1 " _
                        & "AND tblUsers_1.fkUser = " & CLng(intFieldValue) & " "
        End Select
 
        Try
            TicketList = TicketsDB.GetTickets(SQLWhere, SQLOrderBy)
            DataGridViewTickets.DataSource = TicketList
            ArrangeGridData()
            LocateRecord(lngCurrentTicketID)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, ex.GetType.ToString)
        End Try
    End Sub

                                  
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by: mkarkoukliPosted on 2009-04-10 at 12:45:50ID: 24118645

Another way to ask my question:  How do I stop cboStatusLookup_SelectedValueChanged event from firing when opening the form. It seems that when I load the datasource of the combobox It automatically fires the SelectValueChange event and when that happens there is nothing selected and as a result it causes the above error.

 

by: mkarkoukliPosted on 2009-04-10 at 12:57:46ID: 24118741

i found the solution:

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=207065

Setting boolean value to true while the form is loading..

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