Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Collections
Public Class ListBoxSample3
Inherits Form
Private ListBox1 As New ListBox()
Private label1 As New Label()
Private textBox1 As New TextBox()
<STAThread()> _
Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run(New ListBoxSample3())
End Sub 'Main
Public Sub New()
Me.ClientSize = New Size(307, 206)
Me.Text = "ListBox Sample3"
ListBox1.Location = New Point(54, 16)
ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1"
ListBox1.Size = New Size(240, 130)
label1.Location = New Point(14, 150)
label1.Name = "label1"
label1.Size = New Size(40, 24)
label1.Text = "Value"
textBox1.Location = New Point(54, 150)
textBox1.Name = "textBox1"
textBox1.Size = New Size(240, 24)
Me.Controls.AddRange(New Control() {ListBox1, label1, textBox1})
' Populate the list box using an array as DataSource.
Dim USStates As New ArrayList()
USStates.Add(New USState("Alabama", "AL"))
USStates.Add(New USState("Washington", "WA"))
USStates.Add(New USState("West Virginia", "WV"))
USStates.Add(New USState("Wisconsin", "WI"))
USStates.Add(New USState("Wyoming", "WY"))
ListBox1.DataSource = USStates
' Set the long name as the property to be displayed and the short
' name as the value to be returned when a row is selected. Here
' these are properties; if we were binding to a database table or
' query these could be column names.
ListBox1.DisplayMember = "LongName"
ListBox1.ValueMember = "ShortName"
' Bind the SelectedValueChanged event to our handler for it.
AddHandler ListBox1.SelectedValueChanged, AddressOf ListBox1_SelectedValueChanged
' Ensure the form opens with no rows selected.
ListBox1.ClearSelected()
End Sub 'New
Private Sub InitializeComponent()
End Sub 'InitializeComponent
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
Public Class USState
Private myShortName As String
Private myLongName As String
Public Sub New(ByVal strLongName As String, ByVal strShortName As String)
Me.myShortName = strShortName
Me.myLongName = strLongName
End Sub 'New
Public ReadOnly Property ShortName() As String
Get
Return myShortName
End Get
End Property
Public ReadOnly Property LongName() As String
Get
Return myLongName
End Get
End Property
End Class 'USState