comboBox irregular behavior???

[Guest]

Hi

I'm using MS Visual C#.NET

Microsoft Development Environment 2002 Version 7.0.9955 (spanish edition)
Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 Versión 1.0.3705 (spanish edition)
(Microsoft Visual C# .NET 55609-652-0000007-18500)

I'm working on a simple database project and building a Windows Form App. In
the app there is a comboBox component (named provincias_comboBox) which is
dataBinded to a table in a database.

In the process of finding a particular record, by a given criteria, all the
components corresponding to table fields, shown in the form are updated,
including the provincias_comboBox 's Text property. And it indeed changes in
the form view.

Code:
string tempProvincia;
tempProvincia = (string) dataTable.Rows[ 0 ][ 3 ]; // This
temporary table field contains the value to be assigned

provincia_comboBox.Text = tempProvincia;
MessageBox.Show(tempProvincia + "\n\n" + provincia_comboBox.Text);

But when I try to get the Text property value as in the last code line
above, the property contains the old value. Thus, the resulting dialog
message box show two differet strings: the updated value (the same shown now
in the visual comboBox component) and another: the yet unchanged old value
for the Text property of the provincia_comboBox component
(provincia_comboBox.Text ).

I wonder why this is happening.

I'll appreciate any help.

Eric

 

[rahool]

Why not you populate your combobox with Value as well as Text(not Text
only) so that while displaying text in combo box for a particular
record, you need to search for Value and use SelectedIndex property.

rahool