[RESOLVED] Combobox trouble

[chdboy]

I have two combo boxes
when I use this in the form load event
one on the top gets populated ,other does not...why this is happening?And if I put the second one on the top, it get's populated,other one does not.

 'add items to combo
        Me.Esic_combo.Items.Add("Down Town")
        Me.Esic_combo.Items.Add("Upper Road")
        Me.Esic_combo.Items.Add("Center Hall")
        Me.Esic_combo.Items.Add("Up Town")
        
        Me.Esic_combo.SelectedIndex = 0
        'select last item
        Me.Esic_combo.SelectedIndex = Me.Esic_combo.Items.Count + 1


        'add items to combo
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.Items.Add("Toronto")
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.Items.Add("London")
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.Items.Add("New Delhi")
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.Items.Add("Amstradam")
        
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.SelectedIndex = 0
        'select last item
        Me.EPF_Combo_off.SelectedIndex = Me.EPF_Combo_off.Items.Count + 1

[dunfiddlin]

Hmm, I think someone's telling porkies. Or they have this code in a Try loop with an empty Catch (a crime for which no punishment is too severe!)! This line ...

Me.Esic_combo.SelectedIndex = Me.Esic_combo.Items.Count + 1

... will always raise an exception. You can't possibly select an item with an index that is higher than the number of items available. It should be Count -1

[DavesChillaxin]

First change

Me.Esic_combo.SelectedIndex = Me.Esic_combo.Items.Count + 1

to

Me.Esic_combo.SelectedIndex = Me.Esic_combo.Items.Count - 1

This is your first issue. I can guarantee once it hits this line it breaks out because of the exception that this most definitely throws.. Therefore anything below that line will never be processed, i.e. the second combo is never populated.

[chdboy]

dunfiddlin
DavesChillaxin
Thank you two for solving this issue