Question combobox and ojbects...

[aussierules]

Hi,
I have a combobox where I have added a number of objects :

Dim objOp4a As New clsObjectobjOp4a.ID = 0
objOp4a.Name ="NONE"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp4a)

Dim objOp4 As New clsObject
objOp4.ID = 1
objOp4.Name = "Put Bench"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp4)

Dim objOp5 As New clsObject
objOp5.ID = 8
objOp5.Name = "Sort Bench"
cboConfig.Items.Add(objOp5)


I now need to set the combobox (using vb.net code) to set its item to be the Sort bench text, but I only have the ID (8) to work with.

Thanks

 

[jmcilhinney]

Instead of adding the items directly to the ComboBox, put them into an array or collection and then bind that to the ComboBox:

With myComboBox
    .DisplayMember = "Name"
    .ValueMemebr = "ID"
    .DataSource = myList
End With

You can then select an item by ID by assigning the desired value to the SelectedValue property of the ComboBox.