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  1. May 1st, 2009, 03:24 PM #1
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] combobox selected item text

    hey guys
    i set the datasource property of my combobox to datatable
    and ofcourse the displaymember and value member

    and now i want to take the text in the selected item aand save it into variable?

    i tried this

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    dim x as string=nothing
x=combobox1.selecteditem.tostring
    but it is returned datarowview
    so what i must do??
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    Re: combobox selected item text

    Dim x As String = ComboBox1.Text
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    Re: combobox selected item text

    lol
    thank you
    i didn't notice that
    i feel like newbie
    lol
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    Re: [RESOLVED] combobox selected item text

    No prob, glad we could help.
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