Selected item index on a listbox...

Hi every1 !
I have a listbox and an array.
I want to link every listbox item to an array value, so, when I double click an item I want to retrieve its Index ( 1,2,3.....) like on VB6... but
listbox.selecteditem returns the string, not the position...

I cant find a command lie .item.index....
help ?
Thanks !!

Is this what you want ?

VB Code:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim arry() As String = {"item1", "item2", "item3"}
        'bind the array to the listbox 
        ListBox1.Items.AddRange(arry)
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        'show the index of selected item 
        MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.SelectedIndex)
    End Sub
End Class

selecteditems is returning -1 ....
I can add items using:

listbox.items.add "string"

and when I double click an item it fires doubleclick event where i put the msgbox with ....selecteditem.
showing -1.

that is my doubt...

Thanks !!

I can't understand what problem you are in now . I've tried it here and worked fine . You might need to try

VB Code:

Listbox1.SelectedItem.ToString()

ok...
SelectedItem.ToString() is returning me the text item, not the "position" of the item I have selected....

Does that help ?
Do you remember in VB6 that I could retrieve the index of an item, for example if I click the 4th item on the list, itemindex would return 4. not the text.

:rolleyes:
What about the first code I posted . It does what you want I guess . Like this :

VB Code:

MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.[B]SelectedIndex[/B] )