[RESOLVED] List question

[Bigbearjeff]

Is it possible to use lists in a multi-column capacity.. such as:

Oldname/New Name/Date
Jeff,Bob, 01012008
Lisa,Tina, 02012008
Fred, Barney, 01152008


If so, could someone demonstrate a simple sample for me?

Thanks

[kebo]

are you talking about for viewing the data on a form or for data storage in your code? Both of which are fairly easy to implement.
kevin

[Bigbearjeff]

Just temporarily storing data in my code. I don't want to setup up three different lists. I was hoping to have one list with three elements per row.

[.paul.]

set the listbox's .usetabstops property to true + then seperate the 3 columns with vbTab as you add each item to the listbox.

[kebo]

Just temporarily storing data in my code. I don't want to setup up three different lists. I was hoping to have one list with three elements per row.

In that case you could create a data Structure to hold one instance of data, then create a List of data structures. Something like this....

Dim MyDataList As New List(Of MyData)
 
    Private Structure MyData
        Public OldName As String
        Public NewName As String
        Public Dayt As Date
    End Structure

hth
kevin

[.paul.]

private structure columns
    dim OldName as string
    dim New Name as string
    dim Date as date
end structure
 
dim list as new list(of columns)

edit: you beat me....

[Bigbearjeff]

Excellent. Thanks guys. I really appreciate it. It was one of those things I knew I had seen done before, but just could not remember it.

Cheers!