ok, please look this over. I cant get a property out of a ListItem. The problem is in the event handler itself. It WILL not see .menuItem as a property of lw.SelectedItems[0] and I dont k now why or what I have to change to fix it...any help? Please email me at [email protected]


private void PaintListView(int ParentID)
{
 try
  {
   myListItem lvi; //this is an inherited ListViewItem with the
                   //added property of: int menuType;

   this.lwFilesAndFolders.Items.Clear(); // my ListView control
   //Lock the ListView for updates
   this.lwFilesAndFolders.BeginUpdate();
   //get the reader
   string strConn = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=c:\P rogram Files\EDI-Port\DBS\EDIP.mdb";
    OleDbConnection myConn = new OleDbConnection(strConn);
    myConn.Open();
    string strSQL = "Select PK_MenuID, MenuName, MenuIcon, MenuParent, MenuType from tblMenu WHERE MenuParent = " + ParentID;

   OleDbCommand myComm = new OleDbCommand(strSQL, myConn);
   OleDbDataReader myReader = myComm.ExecuteReader();

   //Add a 'Top' icon to return to the top of the menu
   if(ParentID !=1)
     {
    lvi = new myListItem();
    lvi.Text = "Top";
    lvi.ImageIndex = 2;
    lvi.Tag = 1;
    lvi.menuType = 1;
    this.lwFilesAndFolders.Items.Add(lvi);
     }
     //loop through reader and add items to ListView
    while(myReader.Read())
    {
    lvi = new myListItem();
    lvi.Text = myReader.GetValue(1).ToString();
    lvi.ImageIndex = myReader.GetInt32(2);
    lvi.Tag = myReader.GetInt32(0);
    lvi.menuType = myReader.GetInt32(4);
    this.lwFilesAndFolders.Items.Add(lvi);
    }

    //unlock the Listview
    this.lwFilesAndFolders.EndUpdate();
    myReader.Close();
    myReader = null;
        myConn.Close();
    myConn = null;
}
catch(System.Exception err)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: " + err.ToString());
}


}

// the event handler
private void lwFilesAndFolders_ItemActivate(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    System.Windows.Forms.ListView lw = (System.Windows.Forms.ListView)sender;
    string strTag = lw.SelectedItems[0].Tag.ToString();
    // ** this is where it is broken **
        if(lw.SelectedItems[0].menuType == 1)
          {
             //its navigation icon
           }
         else{
               //its a data icon
            }
        PaintListView(Convert.ToInt32(lw.SelectedItems[0].Tag));
}



--Thanks a ton!!