How to: Access Specific Items in a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or CheckedListBox Control

Accessing specific items in a Windows Forms combo box, list box, or checked list box is an essential task. It enables you to programmatically determine what is in a list, at any given position.

To access a specific item

• Query the Items collection using the index of the specific item:

  Private Function GetItemText(i As Integer) As String
     ' Return the text of the item using the index:
     Return ComboBox1.Items(i).ToString
  End Function
  

  private string GetItemText(int i)
  {
     // Return the text of the item using the index:
     return (comboBox1.Items[i].ToString());
  }
  

  private String GetItemText(int i) 
  {
     // Return the text of the item using the index:
     return comboBox1.get_Items().get_Item( i).ToString() ;
  }
  

  private:
     String^ GetItemText(int i)
     {
        // Return the text of the item using the index:
        return (comboBox1->Items->Item[i]->ToString());
     }
  

See Also

Reference

ComboBox

ListBox

CheckedListBox

Other Resources

Windows Forms Controls Used to List Options