Io.FileInfo and comboBox control

14 Apr 2006 2:37 PM

R. Harris

Here is what I'm trying to accomplish:

When my form loads it looks at a specific directory for a list of its files
and populates a combo box.
    Dim a As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\dir")
    Dim b As IO.FileInfo() = a.GetFiles()
    Dim c As IO.FileInfo

    For Each c In b
        comboBox1.Items.Add(c)
    Next

And that works fine. Then I want to be able to use the entries in the combo
box as string variables to use to open a file for input. The problem is that
the above code populates the combobox with object references(?) so the
comboBox2.SelectedItems doesn't work because the .selectedItems is looking
for a string value. I guess what I'm trying to ask is how can I reference
the items in my combobox as strings so I can assign them to string
variables?

I hope my question isn't confusing because I know I am.

14 Apr 2006 3:19 PM

Tom Shelton

R. Harris wrote:

> Here is what I'm trying to accomplish:
>
> When my form loads it looks at a specific directory for a list of its files
> and populates a combo box.
>     Dim a As New IO.DirectoryInfo("c:\dir")
>     Dim b As IO.FileInfo() = a.GetFiles()
>     Dim c As IO.FileInfo
>
>     For Each c In b
>         comboBox1.Items.Add(c)
>     Next
>

If I understand what your after then...

Dim files() as string = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles ("c:\dir")
For Each file As String in files
comboBox1.Items.Add (file)
Next

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Tom Shelton [MVP]