I need help with combo boxes in vb :o please help

Anything that I write in the textbox, the programme saves it to the drop down list in the combobox but it deletes it once I have closed the programme and opened it again so I tried the following code to ensure that it totally saved it and that it would be available next time I open the programme but it didn't work.....

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)

For Each comboItem As String In My.Settings.comboboxitems
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(comboItem)
Next

End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
For Each comboItem As String In My.Settings.comboboxitems
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(comboItem)
Next
End Sub
End Class

Also, I want to make a programme with a combo box so that when you click an item in the box, it brings up something in a list box.
Basically, there are different recipes with lists of ingredients, how would I make the recipe name in the combobox display the ingredients in the list box when an item in the combo box is clicked??
e.g: if there were 3 items in the combo box: fudge cake, waffles and pancakes. If I selected the item "pancakes" then the list box would display something like this...

eggs, 1
milk, 200, ml
water, 10, ml
flour, 500, grams

(im pretty sure thats not how to make pancakes but its just an example)

any help would be greatly appreciated...

btw, im using vb 2010 and vb express

a very simple way would be like this,
NOTE: this was using a textbox with multiline = true

make a text file names "whtever recipe" inside it put the ingredients

Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
Dim tmpItem As String = ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString
Dim tmpPath As String = Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath & "\" & tmpItem & ".txt"

If IO.File.Exists(tmpPath) Then
TextBox1.Text = FileIO.FileSystem.ReadAllText(tmpPath)
Else
TextBox1.Text = "No File Found"
End If
End Sub

FileIO.FileSystem.ReadAllText(tmpPath) is perfect for displaying information quickly and easily in a text box

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Originally Posted by jazloudan

Anything that I write in the textbox, the programme saves it to the drop down list in the combobox but it deletes it once I have closed the programme and opened it again so I tried the following code to ensure that it totally saved it and that it would be available next time I open the programme but it didn't work.....

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)

For Each comboItem As String In My.Settings.comboboxitems
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(comboItem)
Next

End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
For Each comboItem As String In My.Settings.comboboxitems
Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(comboItem)
Next
End Sub
End Class

Also, I want to make a programme with a combo box so that when you click an item in the box, it brings up something in a list box.
Basically, there are different recipes with lists of ingredients, how would I make the recipe name in the combobox display the ingredients in the list box when an item in the combo box is clicked??
e.g: if there were 3 items in the combo box: fudge cake, waffles and pancakes. If I selected the item "pancakes" then the list box would display something like this...

eggs, 1
milk, 200, ml
water, 10, ml
flour, 500, grams

(im pretty sure thats not how to make pancakes but its just an example)

any help would be greatly appreciated...

btw, im using vb 2010 and vb express

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How well versed are you in programming?

Your application might be a little more complicated than you think it is. I would suggest using something like an xml file to store your different recipes.

xml Code:

<Reciepe_Name1>
      <Ingredient1>eggs</Ingredient1>
      <Ingredient2>milk</Ingredient2>
      <Ingredient3>water</Ingredient3>
      <Ingredient4>flour</Ingredient4>
    </Reciepe_Name1> 
    <Reciepe_Name2>
      <Ingredient1>eggs</Ingredient1>
      <Ingredient2>milk</Ingredient2>
      <Ingredient3>water</Ingredient3>
      <Ingredient4>flour</Ingredient4>
    </Reciepe_Name2> 
     <Reciepe_Name3>
      <Ingredient1>eggs</Ingredient1>
      <Ingredient2>milk</Ingredient2>
      <Ingredient3>water</Ingredient3>
      <Ingredient4>flour</Ingredient4>
    </Reciepe_Name3>

Using an XML file would making it very easy to read and write recipes from your computer and have them there everytime you open the file