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ListControl Class
 SelectedValue Property
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ListControl..::.SelectedValue Property

Gets or sets the value of the member property specified by the ValueMember property.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property SelectedValue As Object
C#
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public Object SelectedValue { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property Object^ SelectedValue {
    Object^ get ();
    void set (Object^ value);
}
F#
[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
[<BindableAttribute(true)>]
member SelectedValue : Object with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.Object
An object containing the value of the member of the data source specified by the ValueMember property.
ExceptionCondition
InvalidOperationException

The assigned value is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) or the empty string ("").

If a property is not specified in ValueMember, SelectedValue returns the results of the ToString method of the object.

SelectedIndex, SelectedValue, and FormattingEnabled are related as follows:

The following code example shows the SelectedValue returning the value of the property specified by the ValueMember property. This code is an excerpt from the example shown in the ListControl class overview. See ListControl for the whole code listing.

Visual Basic
    Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        If ListBox1.SelectedIndex <> -1 Then
            textBox1.Text = ListBox1.SelectedValue.ToString()
            ' If we also wanted to get the displayed text we could use
            ' the SelectedItem item property:
            ' Dim s = CType(ListBox1.SelectedItem, USState).LongName
        End If
    End Sub 'ListBox1_SelectedValueChanged
End Class 'ListBoxSample3
C#
private void ListBox1_SelectedValueChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (ListBox1.SelectedIndex != -1)
    {
        textBox1.Text = ListBox1.SelectedValue.ToString();
        // If we also wanted to get the displayed text we could use
        // the SelectedItem item property:
        // string s = ((USState)ListBox1.SelectedItem).LongName;
    }
}
Visual C++
void ListBox1_SelectedValueChanged( Object^ /*sender*/, EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   textBox1->Text="";
   if ( ListBox1->SelectedIndex != -1 )
         textBox1->Text = ListBox1->SelectedValue->ToString();
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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