Preselect TListBox item at load? 1

[bobbie100]

When I open a form with a TListBox component I want to have the last used item already selected as though the user had just clicked the mouse on it.
How can I preselect a known item in a listbox when the form is first shown?

 

[shuesty]

procedure TForm1.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
begin
//if you know the number
ListBox1.Selected[<the index number of the item you want selected>] := True;

//if you know the name
ListBox1.Selected[ListBox1.Items.IndexOf(<name of the item you want selected>)] := True;
end;


Shuesty

 

[bobbie100]

Many thanks Shuesty.
I had misread the help and thought Selected was a read only item for accessing the selection state of an item. Goes to show I need glasses (and a new brain)!

Bob