Hello fellow members,

I am working on a C# program using Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition. I am having some difficulty setting up a combobox. I would like to have the combobox set up to access certain files on my computer hard drive (C:/). I have the file names set up in the combobox, but I am not sure how to bind them to the corresponding files on my hard drive. My research on MSDN has only turned up bits of code examples, but nothing "complete."

I would also like for the file to open within theform, and not in a separate window.

Thank you all,

Sorci

Hi Sorci

first of all create a table to bind value from file

datatable comboDT=new datatable();

comboDT.columns.add("files",typeof(string)); //To add a column to bind the files name

USING (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("TestFile.txt")) //Reading file
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
comboDT.rows.add(line) //To add the line to the table
}
}

where the table is filled up with data from file now you can bind the table with combo box

combobox.displaymeber="files"; //its for display purpose so which column u want to display specify the column name

combobox.valuemember="files" //this column not display

combobo.datasource=comboDT //bind the datatable to combo box

Now files names were binded with combo box

Regards

palan

Hi Sorci

first of all create a table to bind value from file

datatable comboDT=new datatable();

comboDT.columns.add("files",typeof(string)); //To add a column to bind the files name

USING (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader("TestFile.txt")) //Reading file
{
String line;
while ((line = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
comboDT.rows.add(line) //To add the line to the table
}
}

where the table is filled up with data from file now you can bind the table with combo box

combobox.displaymeber="files"; //its for display purpose so which column u want to display specify the column name

combobox.valuemember="files" //this column not display

combobo.datasource=comboDT //bind the datatable to combo box

Now files names were binded with combo box

Regards

palan

I have no idea what you mean binding the elements in your combo box to actual files but I suggestresearching about System.IO classes, specifically DirectoryInfo and FileInfo...

I hope it helps...at least with the "binding" that you are talking about... Just go through the msdn references for these classes...

Hi Can Bilgin,

I think I got the words mixed up; I wrote the original post at about 1:00am, so I was a bit tired. Basically, I want items I have listed in my comboBox to bring up a files that I have on my hard drive. Additionally, I would like to have the file open within the form, and not in a separate window. I am still pretty new at C# as you may have figured.

Thank you,

Sorci

Hi Palan,

Thank you for the code sample. This should help me in getting on the right path. I am trying to get the items I have listed in my comboBox to bring up files I have on my hard drive, and have the file open within the form.

Thank you,

Sorci