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Multiselection ListBox in VB.Net

VS 2005 / VB.Net / MS Access

I have approximately 60,000 records from table name - DRUGTABLE should be populated to Multiselection ListBox.

Issue is ..

In the Left Handside,I need the Multiselection ListBox
And
In the Right Hand Side, I need a box to load ..
When we select more than one item on left hand side .. each and every new item should go to new box ...

Maximum i should be allowed to select 15 items...

How should i do this ..
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What is the box in the right hand...ListBox also?
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In Right hand side . .. a normal textbox
Set your textbox's MultiLine property to True. Then do this:
 

        TextBox1.Text = ""
        For Each item As Object In ListBox1.SelectedItems
            TextBox1.Text &= item.ToString & vbNewLine
        Next

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Oh, you want to limit 15 items in your textbox, do this:

    Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        TextBox1.Text = ""
        For Each item As Object In ListBox1.SelectedItems
            If TextBox1.Lines.Length = 15 Then
                Exit For
            End If
            TextBox1.Text &= item.ToString & vbNewLine
        Next
    End Sub

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What i am expecting is that

In the below image .. you can see multi list box ...

Here each and every selected item should go to seperate textbox
ListBox.JPG
why don't you use a second ListBox..Then your Code would like this:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim item As Object
        Me.ListBox2.Items.Clear()
        item = ListBox1.SelectedItem()
        For Each item In Me.ListBox1.SelectedItems
            Me.ListBox2.Items.Add(item)
        Next
    End Sub

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