ListBox control ASP.Net C#

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Hi,

I am trying to bind a listbox to a dataset. But my listbox does not have the

.DisplayMember

and

.ValueMember

property. Do I need to include some DLL? or is my version of Visual studio does not support it?

Thanks!

Franco Cipriano

Posted 16-Jul-12 10:36am

Franco Cipriano

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[no name] 16-Jul-12 17:27pm

I *think* you are looking for the DataSource property.

Abdul Quader Mamun 17-Jul-12 0:24am

use DataTextField ,DataValueField , and DataSource Property

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Raje_ · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-16T19:05:00

Solution 1

Hi Franco, ListBox does not contain any property called DisplayMember or ValueMember. Instead of this you need to use DataTextField and DataValueField property of List Box:-

C#

myListBox.DataSource = ds;
myListBox.DataTextField = "Emp_Name";
myListBox.DataValueField = "Emp_Id";
myListBox.DataBind();

Hope you got it.
Good luck.

Posted 16-Jul-12 19:05pm

Raje_

Updated 17-Jul-12 18:11pm

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Franco Cipriano 17-Jul-12 10:36am

Thanks for the clarification..just a follow up question on this..now that I binded the data to the listbox, it now shows the Emp_name on the list box. Now, when I select the Emp_name and press the button Select, I want to store the Emp_id in a variable..but what it gives me is still the Emp_name and not the Emp_id..i have this in code:

varID = myListbox.SelectedItem.Text;

Franco Cipriano 17-Jul-12 10:43am

...i think i got the answer :)

varID = myListbox.SelectedItem.Value.ToString();