Question

i’ve a ComboBox where is filled using a Collections of Anonymous Type:

var results = (from row in data.Tables[0].AsEnumerable()
               select new { 
                    Id = row.Field<int>("id"),
                    Name = row.Field<string>("Name
               }).Distinct();

myComboBox.ValueMember = "Id";
myComboBox.DisplayMember = "Name";

foreach (var n in results)
{
    myComboBox.Items.Add(n);
}

Then, in SelectedIndexChanged method of the comboBox, i want to retrieve the Id of the selected item, but i can’t access to the “Id” property, in myComboBox.SelectedItem is the selected object.

private void myComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (myComboBox.SelectedItem != null)
    {
        var x = myComboBox.SelectedItem;

            ¿¿¿ ???
    }  
}

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use reflection too.

private void myComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (myComboBox.SelectedItem != null)
    {
        var x = myComboBox.SelectedItem;
        System.Type type = x.GetType();
        int id = (int)type.GetProperty("Id").GetValue(obj, null);
    }  
}