How do I accomplish something like this?

Hi Everybody,

I've been trying to resolve this kind of issue through a comboBox for a while, and have turned so many circles that I've disappeared! I need to start over and restate the problem:

1. I need to fill a list from data stored in a table. The trouble is... I need to populate the list with two table-fields. (a text name & an index key)
2. A user would also need capability to add new records to that table... that's why I think I'm stuck with a comboBox.

So that's my issue: If someone selects "Gasoline" from the comboBox... I would also want to associate a specific key such as "2.1.1.0" ( 2=Expense; 1=Automobile;1=Gasoline;0=something else if the user wants that much detail)

I could make a single entry to the comboBox, that would look like this:
"Gasoline 2.1.1.0" but how could I then isolate one part (Gasoline) from the second part (2.1.1.0)?
Better yet, can could I manage to make a comboBox handle multiple list boxes?
Is there a site that offers alternative controls?

Many thanks,
Paul

How about creating a separate array or collection to store the keys?

See my post#7 in this thread.