Hi all,
 I know it is really silly question but i couldnt find the answer in the book i have and on internet as well.
 i am designing a windows application and i am using combo box at few places. Now what i want to do is to display the description of the options to the user but when user hits save button i want only the codeId of that option to be sent to the database.
 I know how to do it in asp but vb .net is new for me.
i hope some one will help
thanks in advance

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You have two proprties in ComboBox namely "DisplayMember" and "ValueMember". DisplayMember can be used to display the values to the user and the "ValueMember" is the value returned when the user selects that particular value from the ComboBox.

Also you can use DataBinding if you are getting value for the TextBox from the DataBase.



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Thanks for the reply.
but i dont know how to set two different values for a list of values in the combobox. when i click collection button i can only type text in a text box, where can i write the display and valuemember for each option?
BTW when i click on display and value member property of the combobox i only see a cross sign.
also i am not using database to populate the comboboxes.
thanks again your help and looking forward to getting the answer.

I figured it out. Here is a helpful article;

http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_bound_combobox.html