Hello,
As part of a larger project I have a tblPickList with 3 columns, cboPickListName, cboPickListDescription & cboPickListTable. I managed to get the ComboBox to display the contects of cboPickListName.
As I am a total newbie and follow the advice given here i am stuck on something totally stupid.
I would like to display the content of the selected cboPickListName, cboPickListDescription & cboPickListTable in order to use the latter to open a datagrid view of the relevant table.
What have i missed?
// // Combining ComboBox with data table to open the relevant table // using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Configuration; using System.Data.SqlClient; namespace ComboData { public partial class frmPickList : Form { //Sql Connection declared SqlConnection connection; // required //Declare connection string String connectionString; // required //private object tblPickListTableAdapter; public frmPickList() { InitializeComponent(); // connect to the data with this string connectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ComboData.Properties.Settings.PicklistConnectionString"].ConnectionString; // the string is found in App.config } private void FrmPickList_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'picklistDataSet.tblPickList' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed. //this.tblPickListTableAdapter.Fill(this.picklistDataSet.tblPickList); //Define Calls PopulatePickList(); // required - names the sequence } private void PopulatePickList() // required { // by using () Sql will close automatically or else you must add connection.Close(); using (connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) using (SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * FROM tblPickList", connection)) { DataTable tblpicklistTable = new DataTable(); adapter.Fill(tblpicklistTable); //Insert the Default Item to DataTable. DataRow row = tblpicklistTable.NewRow(); row[0] = 0; row[1] = "Please select"; tblpicklistTable.Rows.InsertAt(row, 0); // set list box properties cboPickList.DisplayMember = "cboPickListName"; cboPickList.ValueMember = "Id"; //Hook-up listbox to the data cboPickList.DataSource = tblpicklistTable; } } // to display the selection // this is where you will open the data table private void cboPicklist_Select(object sender, EventArgs e) { using (SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter("Select * FROM tblPickList WHERE cboPickListName = cboPickList", connection)) lblPickListValue.Text = cboPickList.Text;lblPickListDescription.Text = lblPickListDescription.Text; // this does not work } private void BtnClose_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.Close(); } } }