Success Of Sorts... ListBoxes Again...

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Hi All,

This related to a question from earlier I asked and was answered by the mighty Griff!

I can now get the item wanted in the list box sorted out from the horrible list, I need to auto select it now so I can parse it properly, I have tried:

C#

 lstMeters.SelectedItem = 0;
SelectedMeter = lstMeters.SelectedItem.ToString();

However this doesn't work (?) is it due to the fact that there is only one item in the list box? the above would select the item if there was more than one item.
Glenn

Posted 14-May-14 1:02am

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*dan!sh* · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-14T01:08:00

If you are looking to set the initial selection, you should try using SelectedIndex. SelectedItem is an object type property it would return the actual object that is bound to the control.

Assuming it is a windows form, following works fine for me:

C#

listBox1.Items.AddRange(new string[] { "1", "2", "3" });
            //listBox1.SelectedItem = "1";
            listBox1.SelectedIndex = 0;

            string str = listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();

You can uncomment SelectedItem line and comment SelectedIndex line and that would work fine too.