[RESOLVED] Combobox dropdown

[jokerfool]

Rephrasing Question:

In simple terms when I open the dropdown box and see a list of words e.g. Car version 1, Car version 2 etc I want to be able to click Car version 5 for example and that will take me to a website and the same for any other link. I dont want to see the website link in the dropdown list. The website is added in the code against the keyword. Thank you.

[MetalInquisitor]

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[dunfiddlin]

So that's fill the combobox with website addresses and navigate to anyone that's selected using the webbrowser control. What's the complication?

[jokerfool]

Im new to this and dont know how to add the control to the list. So if I have the word Google in the list and you select it, then it displays Google.

[MetalInquisitor]

Try something like this:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 
        'Load urls in the combobox
        ComboBox1.Items.Add("http://www.google.com")
        ComboBox1.Items.Add("http://www.vbforums.com")
        
    End Sub
 
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
 
        'go to selected combobox url in webbrowser1
        WebBrowser1.Navigate(ComboBox1.SelectedItem)
 
    End Sub
End Class

[jokerfool]

So I got this to work, but this isn't what I am looking for. When I access the dropdown list I need to see the word Google, not the website, plus when I select the website addy I need it to load outside the form, not in a browser in the application, can you help me with this please?

[MetalInquisitor]

You could create a class which would have a Name and URL properties. In Name you would have "Google" and in URL you would have "http://www.google.com". You create objects of this class, add their respective Name and URL properties and then add them to the ComboBox. The ComboBox's DisplayMember would be Name so that the CB displays the items' Name in the dropdownlist and the ValueMember would be URL.

When you select an item from the CB and click a button, you could use Process.Start to start Firefox and the CB.SelectedItem's value member to tell it what URL to open.

There's probably a simpler way but I'm also still learning the basics of VB.NET.

[.paul.]

you could use a dictionary(of string, string), with the keys being Google, VBForums, etc, + the values being the associated urls:

Public Class Form1

    Dim items As New Dictionary(Of String, String)

    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        items.Add("Google", "http://www.google.com")
        items.Add("VBForums", "http://www.vbforums.com")
        ComboBox1.Items.AddRange(items.Keys.ToArray)
    End Sub

    Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        Process.Start(items(ComboBox1.Text))
    End Sub

End Class

[jokerfool]

Please read first post, changed the question. Thank you.

[Niya]

Please read first post, changed the question. Thank you.

paul's code should do what you're seeking to do.