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panjo
panjo

Reputation: 3515

combobox getting value of selected value, winforms

I have combobox cmbBoxA which is populated like this

private void FillComboBox()
        {
            foreach (var a in Helpers.Helper.GetData())
            {
                cmbBoxA.Items.Add(a);
            }
        }

GetData has this code

public static List<VATMode> GetData()
        {
            List<VATMode> vatModes = Enum.GetValues(typeof(VATMode)).
                Cast<VATMode>().ToList();    
            return vatModes;
        }

Now I'm trying to fetch selected combobox item is with

int sel = Convert.ToInt16(cmbBoxA.SelectedValue);

but It's always 0?

update: enum is

public enum VATMode { A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 };

Upvotes: 0

Views: 105

Answers (2)

gzaxx
gzaxx

Reputation: 17600

ComboBox.SelectedValue is used when your ComboBox is databound and yours is not.

Change your code like this:

private void FillComboBox()
{
     cmbBoxA.DataSource = Helpers.Helper.GetData();
}

and to get value back:

VATMode value;
Enum.TryParse<VATMode>(cbStatus.SelectedValue.ToString(), out value);

and then you can cast it to int

Upvotes: 1

Hitesh
Hitesh

Reputation: 3910

The Enum

public enum Status { Active = 0, Canceled = 3 };

Setting the drop down values from it

cbStatus.DataSource = Enum.GetValues(typeof(Status));

Getting the enum from the selected item

Status status; 

Enum.TryParse<Status>(cbStatus.SelectedValue.ToString(), out status);

I hope it will help you.. :)

Upvotes: 2

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