Add data to a combo box/listbox

[testeng]

Hi I am new to .net and having a hard time switching from VB6.
I have a list of employess and there ID that I would like to put into a combo box and display there name but when selected only pick there ID. In VB6 the code was .additem for the employee name and .itemdata(x) for the ID. How does the .net do this same thing?

 

[hayt]

if you are using a dataset, it is this:

combobox.DataSource = datasetname.Tables("tablename")
combobox.DisplayMember = "empl_name"
combobox.ValueMember = "empl_ID"

you can then use combobox.selectedvalue to get the id, but the user only sees the empl_name (employee name).

does that help you?


hayt

 

[chrissie1]

http://www.componentdesigns.com/library/article.asp?a=2

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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