Add items in combo box

[HRHK]

How can I add items in cb?
I used following code in the form load event, but
when I click the dropdown list, it shows blank items.
However, I can select the blank item. Then it shows
the text of the item. Strange, can somebody explain why it's doing this?
Thanks.

cb.Items.Add("LName")
cb.Add("FName")

 

[jebenson]

How are you even getting this application to compile? In my IDE, the "cb.Add("FName")" line shows an error, because there is no Add method of the combobox class.

Try running this in your Form_Load as a test:

For r As Integer = 0 to 9
cb.Items.Add("Item_" & r.ToString())
Next

I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

 

[HRHK]

It should be cb.Items.Add("LName").

I tried above, it adds the item in the cb, but when I dropdown the cb, there's blank items. But when I select any blank item, it shows the text then.

 

[chiph]

Are you trying to add the literal value "LName", or a field from a database that is named LName?

Chip H.


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[HRHK]

Literal value "LName" and "FName

 

[chiph]

Then the cb.Items.Add() should work.

I suspect you may be seeing a paint problem -- are you running on a dual-monitor computer? That helps solve these problems tremendously because you can run the app on one screen, and have your source code up in the debugger on the other. Otherwise, whenever the debugger hits a breakpoint, it jumps to the front of the z-order, causing a repaint when control returns to your program. If you have code in an event which is in the paint call-chain, this will cause some problems for you. ;-)

A quick check to see if this is the problem -- clear all your breakpoints and just run it like a user would.

Chip H.


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[HRHK]

Ran it w/o breakpoints, same result.
The items are there, just seeing blank instead of "LName"/"FName". I changed the cb property dropdownstyle to dropdownlist, but it didn't help. HELP!

 

[chiph]

Is it possible your colors got changed on the control so that the forecolor matches the background color?

Chip H.


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[jebenson]

chiph,

I thought of that too, but in that situation when you pass the mouse cursor over the items in the list, they are highlighted and the text is then visible.

I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson