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displaying the selected text choice in a combobox

Hi,

This is an ez one and I dont know why I cant get it right. I am looking to display the selected text from drop down choices in a combobox.How do I do this? Please note I am not using associated values.

Thanks

Carl Tawn

You mean something like:

Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
Label1.Text = ComboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString()
End Sub

?

LuckyLucks

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Not to display in a label's text but in the combo box itself. And this is after the selection is done i,e I select the item and after a while I want to reset the display portion of the combobox to say "apple"

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Kudzullc

hi LuckyLucks,

Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged

ComboBox2.Items.Add(ComboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString())

///do something else?!

End Sub

The above event adds a selected item in ComboBox1 to ComboBox2

Private Sub resetCombo()
ComboBox2.Items.Clear()
ComboBox2.Items.Add("apples")
ComboBox2.SelectedIndex = 0
End Sub

You can call the sub above when you want the box to reset and initialize with apples in the display area. 0 is the first item in the list. a negative 1 means no selection has been made.

I hope this helps.

gl,
Lucas

Kudzullc

Or instead, if you already initialize apple into the box you can use this

ComboBox2.SelectedIndex = 0

to

ComboBox2.SelectedItem = "apple"

gl,
Lucas

Kudzullc

was the information I provided any good?

Lucas