DisplayMember and ValueMember

[adwaitjoshi]

While binding data for a listbox or combobox, we use the DisplayValue and DisplayMember method. Instead of specifying column names in the datatable, can I specify column indices?

For example is it possible to say

ListBox1.DisplayMember = 0
ListBox1.ValueMember = 1

instead of


ListBox1.DisplayMember = "Description"
ListBox1.ValueMember = "Code"

 

[jmcilhinney]

Moved to more appropriate forum. The VS.NET forum is for IDE-related issues.

The fact that both those properties are of type String should answer your question. You can use the index to get a DataColumn object from your DataTable and then use its ColumnName property, e.g.

ListBox1.DisplayMember = myTable.Columns(0).ColumnName

where myTable would be the table you just assigned to the DataSource.