Combo Box Question

Hello,

I have a combo box that shows a list of items from a SQL Database. I
don't want the users to edit the entries, I have set the CombBoxStyle to
DrowpDownList, but when I do this everytime I open up the Windows Form
where the combo box resides in no item is selected. How can I set up
the combo box to have the properly selected item and still not allow
users to not modify the items?

Thanks in advance for your help!

PaulSamways
Thu Sep 22 08:10:09 CDT 2005

If the user does not need to Modify, or Add items to the DropDownList, you
could change the SupressKeyPress property to true, within the controls
KeyDown event.

Example:
private void comboBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{ e.SuppressKeyPress = true; }

Just an Idea :)
"ed_p" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a combo box that shows a list of items from a SQL Database. I
> don't want the users to edit the entries, I have set the CombBoxStyle to
> DrowpDownList, but when I do this everytime I open up the Windows Form
> where the combo box resides in no item is selected. How can I set up
> the combo box to have the properly selected item and still not allow
> users to not modify the items?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>

ed_p
Thu Sep 22 11:43:22 CDT 2005

Hi Paul,

Thank sfor the advice, but I am unable to find the SuppressKeyPress
method for this event? Can you tell me where I can find this?

Paul Samways wrote:
> If the user does not need to Modify, or Add items to the DropDownList, you
> could change the SupressKeyPress property to true, within the controls
> KeyDown event.
>
> Example:
> private void comboBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
> { e.SuppressKeyPress = true; }
>
> Just an Idea :)
> "ed_p" wrote:
>
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I have a combo box that shows a list of items from a SQL Database. I
>>don't want the users to edit the entries, I have set the CombBoxStyle to
>>DrowpDownList, but when I do this everytime I open up the Windows Form
>>where the combo box resides in no item is selected. How can I set up
>>the combo box to have the properly selected item and still not allow
>>users to not modify the items?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your help!
>>

PaulSamways
Thu Sep 22 19:17:07 CDT 2005

".NET Framework Class Library
KeyEventArgs.SuppressKeyPress Property
Note: This property is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0."

well i guess that might explain why you can't find it...
Sorry


"ed_p" wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Thank sfor the advice, but I am unable to find the SuppressKeyPress
> method for this event? Can you tell me where I can find this?
>
> Paul Samways wrote:
> > If the user does not need to Modify, or Add items to the DropDownList, you
> > could change the SupressKeyPress property to true, within the controls
> > KeyDown event.
> >
> > Example:
> > private void comboBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
> > { e.SuppressKeyPress = true; }
> >
> > Just an Idea :)
> > "ed_p" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I have a combo box that shows a list of items from a SQL Database. I
> >>don't want the users to edit the entries, I have set the CombBoxStyle to
> >>DrowpDownList, but when I do this everytime I open up the Windows Form
> >>where the combo box resides in no item is selected. How can I set up
> >>the combo box to have the properly selected item and still not allow
> >>users to not modify the items?
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance for your help!
> >>
>