[2005] Want to display 2 columns in combobox

Hello all and good morning.

I was wondering how to make the combobox to display 2 columns, e.g: code and description when the user click to drop down, like in MS Access. the code is stored in table.

Thanx.

This is written in VB.NET. This is written in C# but I think that it may be better. If you Google for multicolumn combobox ".net" you will find others too. Who'd have thought? ;)

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Originally Posted by rim78

Hello all and good morning.

I was wondering how to make the combobox to display 2 columns, e.g: code and description when the user click to drop down, like in MS Access. the code is stored in table.

Thanx.

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Hi,

Here's a link how to create a multicolumn combobox;

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/Mu...nFlatCombo.asp

Hope it helps,

sparrow1

Thank you very much for the links! I'll implement it right away. :)

Finally I got the chance to try out some of your links. Also did search on Google and found a few interesting ones. :)

But I'm more into creating a multiple column combobox that supports databinding. Found one here:
Multi-column combo

But I'm not sure whether I've implemented it correctly or not. I added a MultiColumn Combo item in Toolbox using the dll file it provided. I also add a MulColCombo reference in the project.

I dragged the control into my form that is already has a databinding, TestSaveSourceDataSet.

Now my multicolumn combobox binds to another dataset, Me.StockDataSet.Tables("SOURCETABLE")
to display 2 columns, SCODE and DESC.

What I can't seem to workout is how to save the row that I've chosen in the combobox to another, TestSaveSourceDataSet .

In the multicolumn bombo control, there are a 'Text' property, which, described in the page, "In this property, the selected item will be stores."

Now, how do I get the combobox to store the SCODE into my TestSaveSource table?

TIA.

VB Code:

Private Sub MultipleColmCombo2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
        Try
            'Form binds to this dataset
            Me.TestSaveSourceTableAdapter.Fill(Me.TestSaveSource_DataSet.TestSaveSource)
            'Multicolumn combobox binds to this dataset
            Me.SOURCETABLETableAdapter.Fill(Me.StockDataSet.SOURCETABLE)
 
            'Load multicolumn combo
            MultiColumnCombo1.DataSource = Me.StockDataSet.Tables("SOURCETABLE")
            MultiColumnCombo1.LoadData()
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        End Try
 
    End Sub