"Wei-Dong XU [MSFT]" wrote:

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>
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>
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"NormD" <mach2@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> (This was first posted in the VB newsgroup, but I got the impression that
> is
> really for VB6 so I'm posting it here, too.)
>
> We have an application that is used to edit properties of a .NET form.  It
> looks sort of like the .NET IDE, but is just for basically alterinf visyal
> attributes on the form.
>
> When you select a control (e.g., text box or label) you see some of ist
> properties in a PropertyGrid control and the name of the selected control
> in
> a ComboBox control we have off to the side.  This all works fine.
>
> However, if one uses the ComboBox to select from a list of the available
> controls on the form, we don't seem to be able to detect this happening so
> we
> can't select the control on the form corresponding to the one selected by
> the
> ComboBox.
>
> Is there an event or some other "thing" we can use to tell us a selection
> was made with the ComboBox so we can then get that selection from the
> ComboBox and then highlight the control on the form?  Any ideas or
> suggestions?

""Peter Huang" [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Did Lloyd's suggestion helps you?
> For a .NET winform ComboBox control, we have two events will fired when you
> change selected item in the combo box.
> SelectedIndexChanged Occurs when the SelectedIndex property has changed.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
> frlrfSystemWindowsFormsComboBoxClassSelectedIndexChangedTopic.asp
>
> SelectedValueChanged (inherited from ListControl) Occurs when the
> SelectedValue property changes.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
> frlrfSystemWindowsFormsListControlClassSelectedValueChangedTopic.asp
>
> Here is a link about all the events about ComboBox.
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/
> frlrfSystemWindowsFormsComboBoxEventsTopic.asp
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter Huang
> Microsoft Online Partner Support
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"Larry Lard" wrote:

>
> "Peter Huang" [MSFT] wrote:
>
> > For a .NET winform ComboBox control, we have two events will fired when you
> > change selected item in the combo box.
> > SelectedIndexChanged Occurs when the SelectedIndex property has changed.
>
> Except of course when an item is curently selected, and you .Clear the
> ..Items collection, which will make 'SelectedIndex' 'change' to -1, but
> without firing SelectedIndexChanged. Perhaps the event should be named
> SelectedIndexChangedToSomethingOtherThanNegativeOne.
>
> Oh, and if you have an item currently selected, drop down the list with
> the mouse, and click the currently selected item, 'SelectedIndex' will
> not 'change', but SelectedIndexChanged will fire. Perhaps the event
> should be named
> SelectedIndexRemainedTheSameOrChangedToSomethingOtherThanNegativeOne.
>
> --
> Larry Lard
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