combobox

[fmardani]

hi,
I would like to populate a comboBox with three text values and assign an ID to each one so that when one of them is selected, then an ID for that text value is used later on
ie.
combobox1.items.add("value1")
combobox1.items.add("value2")
combobox1.items.add("value3")

tried
accountTypeComboBox.Items.Add (new ListItem("Item 1", "0"))
accountTypeComboBox.Items.Add (new ListItem("Item 2", "1"))

but gives an error on ListItem

Thanks

[Phill64]

use the index value instead of the text property.

[fmardani]

use the index value instead of the text property.

But I would like to have the text to be shown and the ID to be retrieved when an item is selected.
Thanks

[Phill64]

ComboBox1.SelectedIndex

this will give you the index (eg: ID) of the selected item in ComboBox1
it's as simple as that

[fmardani]

ComboBox1.SelectedIndex

this will give you the index (eg: ID) of the selected item in ComboBox1
it's as simple as that

How do you know which ID is assigned to which text when populating...
please note the IDs are 1,2,3
they do not start from 0
Thanks

[gigemboy]

then "id = combobox1.selectedindex + 1"....

[mar_zim]

But I would like to have the text to be shown and the ID to be retrieved when an item is selected.
Thanks

Create a datatable then bound it to the combobox.
i.e

combobox1.datasource=mytable
combobox1.displaymember="name" <---column name of your datatable
combobox1.valuemember="id" <---column name of your datatable

When you select an item the returning value is the id that correspand to the name.