VB Question

[liberator-44]

I am having a difficult time with something that must be really simple - I just have no background with VB.

I have a list box that I populated with the NAMES of certain items. I now want to select the item (not the name).

I am a little more than frustrated... Is there anyone who can help with this?

What are the items you talk about? A listbox can only contain names, if those names represent some objects somewhere else, you need to be able to reference those objects using the names selected in your listbox...

[2sheds]

selection in a simple listbox is controlled by the "listindex" property. it's zero-based, so the first item in the list is listindex = 0. if no items in the list are selected, listindex = -1.

hope it helps!

[liberator-44]

Thanks very much for the assistance zen_tom and 2sheds - I used a loop to match the strings to the objects.

Thanks

[Dilbert1234567]

create a form with a listbox (list1) a label (label1) and enter the code



Private Sub Form_Load()
List1.AddItem "test1"
List1.AddItem "test2"
List1.AddItem "test3"
List1.AddItem "test4"
List1.AddItem "test5"
' this will add 5 entries into the list box

End Sub

Private Sub List1_Click()
Label1.Caption = "the item you selected is: " & List1.List(List1.ListIndex) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & " Its index associated with it is: " & List1.ListIndex

'on the event that the list box is clicked, it will change the caption of the label using the listindex of list1.
'CHR(10) & CHR(13) is a 'return'

End Sub




this should give you a decent understanding of the list box.