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Setting ComboBox item values?

How do you set a combobox item's value?
It is a simple dropdownlist that has four selections, but I want to assign a numerical association to the text when it is selected.
I figured I would just add the items to the collection through the form designer. Usually there is a "Text" property and a "value" property for each item. Even when I tried to add it through code I couldn't figure it out.

Example:
John > 1
Amanda > 2
Todd > 3

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Jorge Paulino

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rstomar

You can create a ListItem Object and add it to combobox as follows :
Dim listItem As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem
listItem.Text = "All"
listItem.Value = 0
li.Selected = True
cmbCategories.Items.Insert(0, li) ' you can call Add instead of Insert

rstomar

Dim listItem As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem
listItem.Text = "All"
listItem.Value = 0
listItem.Selected = True
cmbCategories.Items.Insert(0, listItem)

sorry forgot to replace li with listItem in all placesin my previous post.

Frost_Trunks

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rstomar: Will this work within a windows application?

Jorge Paulino

Frost_Trunks,

Have you check my link to some PAQ question ? It's for windows form application.

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rstomar

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rstomar

Ok...I found a sample whcih already has this, check this link :

http://www.mgbrown.com/PermaLink37.aspx

Frost_Trunks

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jpaulino: Code would work, but not exactly what I was looking for.
rstomar: Creating the class works perfectly, thanks!