Combobo hidden value

[MCas86]

I have a combobox populated from the DB with:
ID
State
Tax

State is the only value that is shown.
I'm trying to get the hidden value, Tax, from the combobox based on the selection but can't figure it out. Thanks.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

How are you getting the data into the ComboBox? Using DataBinding? A class of your own?

 

[MCas86]

a class of my own.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

You should be able to cast the ComboBox.SelectedItem to your class and access the ID and Tax properties from there

 

[MCas86]

how do i cast?

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Ctype() and DirectCast()

Dim CurrItem As YourClass = CType(ComboBox1.SelectedItem, YourClass)
CurrItem.Tax
CurrItem.ID
'etc...