Populating a Combobox

[jwebster03]

Hey all,

I have a rather odd question. I have developed a application and want to fill a combo box with data from a text file. It is complicated as to why I need to do this, let's just say the application is mobile and I don't have access to a database, and can't populate this combo box over the airwaves because the pipe is too small.

Thanks in advance!

[Edneeis]

So whats the question? Just load what you need from the textfile into an array and bind it to the combo. What code do you have so far?

[Memnoch1207]

Here's a quick example on how to do it.

1) I created a sample.txt file on my C:

Imports System.IO
 
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
     'Declare the your File and StreamReader variables
     Dim oFile As File 
     Dim oRead As StreamReader
 
     'Open the text file
     oRead = oFile.OpenText("C:\sample.txt")
 
     'Read each line of the file and load it into the combobox
     While (oRead.Peek <> -1)
         cboText.Items.Add(oRead.ReadLine)
     End While
 
     'Close the StreamReader
     oRead.Close()
End Sub

[jwebster03]

Thanks Memnoch1207