I have a combobox with its datasource bound to an enumeration.
Now When I look at it the selecteditem and selected value are objects. I don't need the string I need intgere assignes to that string and it looks like this in the debugger value column under locals
RED {1}
BLUE {2}
GREEN {3}
So how do I get the integer.
If I do X = comboBox.selectedValue.GethashCode it works but I don't know if that is the right way.
Is there a way to bind the combobox to the corrected values before I load it
Thanks.
How do I get the value that is in the {}
Valkyrie-MT
If the enum name is Color then you can do something like
Dim i As Integer = CInt(CType(comboBox.SelectedValue, Color))
MLange2064
Correct, and by adding the structure object to the combobox each entry will contain all of your structure's properties and methods (e.g. you have a color variable of type system.drawing.color):
Combobox1.Items.Add(New MyStructure("Red",system.drawing.colors.red))
Or something along those lines :)
Samya
The eaisest way I've found is to create your own structure and load those objects into the combo or list box.
See this post for an example structure: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=99215&SiteID=1
shodan
Thanks for both answers.
So with the structure I'll have to loop thru my enums, create a listitem, add it to the combobox and do tihs process for each one correct