That's what I was afraid of. I was hoping that there was some other means to allow that to happen. I might try to persue a owner-drawn combo or something similar.
Thanks, Mike On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Peter Ritchie < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like what you're adding to a combobox is a mutable object (i.e. it > state changes and as a result calling ToString() again will result in a > different string). > > ComboBox is just a wrapper around the Windows combo box. The Windows > combo box doesn't support objects, it's simply a collection of strings. > When you add an item to the ComboBox.Items property that's that ComboBox > does, adds a string to the combo box and keeps track of the index > associated with that object. As such ComboBox works most effectively with > immutable objects. > > The only way I know of to "update" the text in a ComboBox is to remove and > re-insert the object whose text has changed. Wrapping that remove and > insert with BeginUpdate and EndUpdate may reduce flicker > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
