Thank you for your comments. Should I post the final solution (DrawItem & SelectedIndexChanged procs) to the newsgroup? I am now retired but had been a systems/programming consultant for over 40 years. This is the first 'language' I have come across (Assembler, COBOL, FORTRAN, etc.) where you really cannot pick a set of favorite commands and go from there. There is so much in VB.NET. I will say it is a pleasure compared to VBA where one has to write everything. Jerry B
--- On Sun, 12/12/10, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cerebrus <[email protected]> Subject: [DotNetDevelopment] Re: Newbie Needs Help with ComboBox To: "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 3:36 AM Good work, Jerry. 1. It's commendable that you posted the solution here because in all probability, someone else will face the same problem and come searching (and find this!). 2. Your comment about the vastness of VB.NET actually applies to programming in most languages/frameworks. That is why there can be no "experts" in this domain. On Dec 11, 10:46 pm, JerryB <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Please cancel the above request for help. I solved my problem. I read > that the DrawItem event occurs only when one clicks on the dropdown > button. That tidbit of information solved my problem. I assumed that I > had to draw everything. > > There is so much to learn in VB.NET. It is amazing how much there is. > One reads all the tutorials, which is fine, but one does not realize > how much there is until you start writing code. > > Jerry B
