Combobox question

[KreativeKai]

I have a program which reads a series of employee names and ID numbers into a dataset and then sets the datasource of a combobox to that dataset. Below is some of the logic:

.cbxEEName.DataSource = ds.Tables("EmpmastTbl")
.cbxEEName.ValueMember = dt.Columns("EmpID").ToString
.cbxEEName.DisplayMember = dt.Columns("FullName").ToString
.cbxEEName.Visible = True

Since the list of names include both active and terminated employees, is there a way to bold the names of an employee who is active, and leave terminated employees as a regular font?

Any ideas are appreciated?



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[chmohan]

Would these help?

They are in csharp

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Dot_Net/VB_DOT_NET/Q_21275992.html

 

[KreativeKai]

Thanks for the suggested link, but I'm not subscribed to experts-exchange so I can't see the solution. The article looks like it is more geared towards changing the color of the item selected.

I'm actually interested in having the drop down list show active employees in the list as bold and inactive employees as regular text.

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[ThatRickGuy]

I don't beleive there is an easy way to do this. I think RiverGuy described a way of inheriting the combo box object, overriding the paint method and acheiving it that way. You may also want to look into 3rd party controls, someone else may have a turn key solution for you.

-Rick

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