ComboBox item selection by code

[RSfromCO]

I have a ComboBox that is using objects. Each object has a data value (an integer), and a Text value (a string). The text values are what is displayed in the ComboBox.

As I scroll through my database, each record has an integer representing the data value. I want the ComboBox to display the Text item that matches that data value.

For example, my ComboBox objects might have...
Data Text
1 Cold
5 Warm
8 Hot

Each record in the database contains 1, 5 or 8.

I want the ComboBox to display "Cold", "Warm", or "Hot"

My question is... when I come to a record in the database with the data value 5. How do I select the item in the ComboBox that has data value 5 and have it update to show that item ("Warm&quot in the ComboBox?

 

[Zarcom]

Simply grab the index of the item you are trying to select then set the selected index to the index number that you pulled.

Something like so


ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = ComboBox1.FindStringExact("Blow&quot


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[FRoeCassNet]

If you keep your objects in something that supports the IList interface (like a Dataset or Array, etc.) then you can just simply bind the combobox to it. You would set the ValueMember of the combo to the number and the DisplayMember to the text.