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listing multiple items in the combobox

I am new to VB.NET and was wondeering if some one could help me with the issue I have uisng windows application.My appliation has combobox.When the user uses the drop down from the combobox,it should list the items.

for example:

when the user clicks the arrow on the combobox, he should have,

car
flight
ship
bike

Can you please help me?

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ComboBox1.Items.Add("car")
ComboBox1.Items.Add("flight")
ComboBox1.Items.Add("ship")
ComboBox1.Items.Add("bike")

or

Dim items(3) As String
items(0) = "car"
items(1) = "flight"
items(2) = "ship"
items(3) = "bike"

ComboBox1.Items.AddRange(items)
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where can I add this code?

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the form load event is a good place probably
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If I want "car" to be a default, what am I supposed to do ?

Please suggest.

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you can either set the .Text property of the combo box to "Car"

ComboBox1.Text = "Car"

or set the SelectedIndex to the correct item (index starts at 0... which is the 1st item)

ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0
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When I placed the above statement in formload method, I got an error.Can you tell me where I can place this statement?


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