[RESOLVED] Adding data to databinded Combobox

[kumar_1981]

Hai

i am using combobox in winforms with c#.


i have binded control with a Datatable

cboEmpName.DisplayMember = "FULLNAME";
cboEmpName.ValueMember = "EMPLOYEEID";

and binded to datasource

cboEmpName.DataSource = tblEMPLOYEE;


now i should have a first member of Combobox as "----select----"

i am trying to

cboEmpName.Items.Insert("test",0);


but it is getting error if i am trying this

i am getting an error

"Items collection cannot be modified when the DataSource property is set."


Please help me in resolving this issue


Thanks and Regards
VInay Kumar

[jmcilhinney]

Exactly as the error message says. If a ComboBox is bound to a DataSource then it displays the contents of that DataSource. If you want to change what the ComboBox displays then you have to change the DataSource.

Also, there's no need to put instructions in a ComboBox. People know that you select an item in a ComboBox. That is unnecessary UI clutter.

[ari_tub]

try it....may help u

after databind occured..
cboEmpName.Items.Insert(0,"--Select--");