ComboBox Storing Ojbects

[gharabed]

I have a combo box that contain objects from an instantiated class as p-code below. How do I get the selected object as well as set the selected object?

Class comboObj
Public name as string
Public value as integer
...
End Class

...
Dim item1 as New comboObj("name1",1);
Dim item2 as New comboObj("name2",2);
'I build the combo box (MyComboBox) as follow:
Me.MyComboBox.Items.Add(item1);
Me.MyComboBox.Items.Add(item2);

'Say some value in my program requires the second value to display as the selected value. How would I get item2 to display in the combobox as the selected value? If the user selected a new value in the combobox, how would I retrieve that value/object (comboObj)? Not just the displayed value but I want to retrieve the object (comboObj).

Hopefully that all makes sense.

Thanks,
Greg

 

[ousoonerjoe]

combobox.SelectedIndex = IdxValue

"If I were to wake up with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.

 

[gharabed]

Sure that will set the selection to whatever index value I want...Ok. How do I retrieve the selected object from the combobox though?

 

[ousoonerjoe]

ItemID = combobox.SelectedValue [COLOR=green]'Pulls the Displayed Value from the combo box.[/color]
ItemName = combobox.Text [COLOR=green]'pulls the value placed in the ValueMember property that is associated with the above.[/color]

"If I were to wake up with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.

 

[gharabed]

What if I have the combo box populated as in my first post (but with more values) and I don't know what the index is of the item I want to select in the combo box. I just have the values. Say I know I want to set the currently selected value to: comboObj("nameXYZ", 100). How would I set that object to the selected value without knowing the index?