Combo box value?

Question

 

I'm trying to assign to value of a combo box (value member) to a variable in vb. Unfortunately, my experience has been with  Off97 and I'm having a problem with this simple task in the Express Edition (VB).

 

 

Answer 1

Code Snippet

comboBox1.Items.Add("test")

comboBox1.Items.Add("test1")

 

comboBox1.SelectedIndex = 0

 

MessageBox.Show(comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString())

 

 

Answer 2

Thanks for your help crock. While your suggestion is useful, it doesn't directly address what I was asking. I guess I wasn't very clear. Let me re-phrase it.

 

I have a combo box already populated. I want to assign the value of a selected item from the combo box to a variable in vb. Here two examples taken from CBF in one of my Access 97 apps.

 

Dim CHtRef as String, OpAcGrp as Single

 

CHTRef = Me!cmbLevel1.Column(4)

OpACGrp = Me!tcmbLevel2

 

 

Answer 3

They are a few ways to get the data

 

Dim MyVal As String

1) MyVal = ComboBox1.SelectedItem

2) MyVal = ComboBox1.SelectedText

3) MyVal = ComboBox1.SelectedValue

4) MyVal = ComboBox1.Items().Item(ComboBox1.SelectedIndex)