Question

I have a combobox on my form (winforms). In the properties I have set the DisplayMember and the ValueMember. DisplayMember = Name and ValueMember = ID. The Combobox is populated with the following objects:

public class MyObj
    {
        public string Name
        {
            get; set;
        }

        public int ID { get; set; }
    }

The Name displays fine in the dropdown(so DisplayMember is working) however, when I do:

mycombobox.SelectedValue it is ALWAYS null.

Does anyone know if I’ve forgotten to do anything?

Answer 1

Have you set the DataSource property. Also make sure that you have to set them in the correct order –

Set them in the following order –

1. DisplayMember
2. ValueMember
3. DataSource

See this link – http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winformsdatacontrols/thread/211a46f5-5971-4ea2-a61d-84e389360909

Alternatively you can use the SelectedItem property to get the selected MyObj instance.