set combo box to null/nothing 1

[richey1]

I've got a groupbox with 2 values and a combo box

on the leave of the groupbox, if the groupbox value is 1 I want to, if there is a value in there, to set the combo box to null/nothing

any ideas ?

thanks
kim

 

[earthandfire]

Setting the SelectedIndex property of the combobox to -1 should do the trick

 

[richey1]

just one problem with that for me. it does work, but it just sets it back to the first selection in my combo box - i.e. doesn't null it because I don't have a blank row in the table it reads from ?

thanks

 

[ucsjimj]

Hello, why not set the text value to "", it works for me.
ucsjimj

 

[richey1]

hi

yeah i tried all them to start with, "" null etc but none of those work - the selected index will work if i have a blank row in the table values but I don't really want to do that.

 

[SqueakinSweep]

richey

Im not sure how you populate the combo in the first place, and as such some of the code below may be redundant, but it will give you the exact effect you require.

With xCombo
      .DataSource = Nothing
      .DisplayMember = ""
      .ValueMember = ""
      .Items.Clear()
      .Items.Add("<Nothing>")
      .SelectedIndex = 0
      .Enabled = False
End With

Sweep
...if it works dont mess with it

 

[richey1]

brilliant !
works a treat
thanks.........