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AndrewC
AndrewC

Reputation: 6730

Combobox selectedvalue

I have a combobox on my form (winforms). In the properties I have set the DisplayMember and the ValueMember. DisplayMember = Name and ValueMember = ID. The Combobox is populated with the following objects:

public class MyObj
    {
        public string Name
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public int ID { get; set; }
    }

The Name displays fine in the dropdown(so DisplayMember is working) however, when I do:

mycombobox.SelectedValue it is ALWAYS null.

Does anyone know if I've forgotten to do anything?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 10908

Answers (4)

isxaker
isxaker

Reputation: 9456

I have similar mistake. I set DisplayMember and ValueMember, but i set instead of DataSource Items.Insert.

Upvotes: 0

SeaDrive
SeaDrive

Reputation: 4292

Has an item been selected? Selected is not always the same as visible. Perhaps you really want to mycombobox.Text.

Upvotes: 0

Unmesh Kondolikar
Unmesh Kondolikar

Reputation: 9312

Have you set the DataSource property. Also make sure that you have to set them in the correct order -

Set them in the following order - 

1. DisplayMember
2. ValueMember
3. DataSource

See this link - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winformsdatacontrols/thread/211a46f5-5971-4ea2-a61d-84e389360909

Alternatively you can use the SelectedItem property to get the selected MyObj instance.

Upvotes: 4

Sreekumar P
Sreekumar P

Reputation: 6050

try SelectedItem

MyObj obj = (MyObj)mycombobox.SelectedItem;

Upvotes: 0

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