>Ok I'm having a problem with a listview. I have a listview on a WinForm
>called ProgramInformationFrm. I call this from from 2 other forms. One is
>ProgramSearch Frm, the other is OpenNCFrm. The search form accepts criteria
>from a user ans searches a sql table for any nc program that matches the
>criteria. The open form gives the user a list of programs that have not been
>added to table yet. Ok, enough background. What is happening is if I use the
>search from and get 8 results the first item is selected per my code. Now I
>close that form get into the add form, add a new record. It writes to the
>table, clears the listview on the info table, and then shows the infofrom.
>The item is not selected, but is the only item in the list. It should be
>selected. Also in debug I still have the previous value from the first time
>the form was shown.
>Here's my code
>OpenNCFrm.Visible = False
>        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.SelectedItems.Clear()
>        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items.Clear()
>        Dim item As New ListViewItem(tmpNCFile)
>        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items.Add(item)
>        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Focus()
>        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items(0).Selected = True
>ProgramInformationFrm.ShowDialog()

"gene kelley" wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 06:59:27 -0800, Mike
> <M***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Ok I'm having a problem with a listview. I have a listview on a WinForm
> >called ProgramInformationFrm. I call this from from 2 other forms. One is
> >ProgramSearch Frm, the other is OpenNCFrm. The search form accepts criteria
> >from a user ans searches a sql table for any nc program that matches the
> >criteria. The open form gives the user a list of programs that have not been
> >added to table yet. Ok, enough background. What is happening is if I use the
> >search from and get 8 results the first item is selected per my code. Now I
> >close that form get into the add form, add a new record. It writes to the
> >table, clears the listview on the info table, and then shows the infofrom.
> >The item is not selected, but is the only item in the list. It should be
> >selected. Also in debug I still have the previous value from the first time
> >the form was shown.
> >Here's my code
> >OpenNCFrm.Visible = False
> >        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.SelectedItems.Clear()
> >        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items.Clear()
> >        Dim item As New ListViewItem(tmpNCFile)
> >        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items.Add(item)
> >        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Focus()
> >        ProgramInformationFrm.ProgramsLV.Items(0).Selected = True
> >ProgramInformationFrm.ShowDialog()
>
> 1) Focus() (ProgramsLV.Focus()) usually has no meaning before a form
> is displayed as that is usually determined by what control on the form
> has the TabStop Index of "0", or, focus  of a particular control is
> called in the form's activated event. 
> (Note: In VB6, changing a TabIndex in a control reindexed the other
> controls that had a TabIndex.  I don't know about earlier versions,
> but in VB2005, changing a TabIndex of a control does not reindex the
> others, so you can wind up with more than one control with the same
> index value and unpredicitable results.)
>
> 2) Run the .exe in bin\debug a couple of time and see if you are
> getting the expected value results.
>
> Gene
>