C#

public int SeekRow<T>(string colName, T value)
{
    for (row = 0; ...)
    {
        if ((T)myDataSet.myTable[row][ColName] == value)
        {
            return row;
        }
    }
    return -1;
}

int row1 = SeekRow("Age", 25); //calls SeekRow<int>
int row2 = SeekRow("Name", "John Doe"); //calls SeekRow<string>

foreach(ListViewItem item in listview1.Items)
{
}

private void InsertListBoxItem(string NewItem)
{
    if (!listBox1.Items.Contains(NewItem))
    {
        listBox1.Items.Add(NewItem);
    }
}

OriginalGriff wrote:

CheckedListBoxItem uses strings rather than an object derived from ListViewItem

OriginalGriff wrote:

So, why do you think it is a copy?