Combo display & value [RESOLVED]

Hi All

Ive got a combo box which is being filled by a dataset i want to show the text value from one column but when a user makes their selection i want to pass over the datasets record Id rather than the text value (How is this done)

Heres the vb code for filling the combo

VB Code:

Private Sub Designer_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim objData As New NewForestMortgagesAPP.DesignerDI.GetDI
        Me.cboLetter.DisplayMember = "LetterName"
        Me.cboLetter.DataSource = objData.GetDataSet.Tables(0)
    End Sub

I just wana know the correct way of doing this ?

Many Thanks

try something like this

VB Code:

Dim objData As New NewForestMortgagesAPP.DesignerDI.GetDI
        
Me.cboLetter.DataSource = objData.GetDataSet.Tables(0)
Me.cboLetter.DataValueField = "RecordId" 
Me.cboLetter.DataTextField = "LetterName"
Me.cboLetter.DataBind()

is that for asp.net because theres no such property of DataValueField within a win form combo box

You would do like Memnoch1207 showed only the Property should be "ValueMember" and then to get the value use the SelectedValue property instead of the Text property.

Yep i done it with ValueMember = "ColumnName"
I was trying to get the value by using ValueMember as well (when its simply SelectedValue that returns the correct ID )

I must say ( this method of binding to control ) is absolutly wicked.

My Code is looking cleaner and more understandable every single day Thanks All