Very new to VB and have hit a brick wall with an applicaiton

I need my combobox contorl to add each line of a text file as an item to the combobox when the application starts so it is populated for the user. Have been searching the webfor solutions and this is the first time i have turnt to a forum. Dont really know the best approach to take.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hello,

You may try the following Code. The code checks for the existence of a file when the application starts and then reads

each line into the Combo box.

BEGIN CODE

If File.Exists("c:\source.txt") Then

Dim str As StreamReader

str = New StreamReader("c:\source.txt")

While Not str.EndOfStream

Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(str.ReadLine)

End While

Else

MsgBox("File does not exists")

End If

END CODE

Imports System.IO

I believe this should help.

Regards,

Allen Smith
ComponentOne LLC

www.componentone.com

That worked perfectly, i cant thank you enough!

Next step is to display a default from the list in the combobox when the application runs for the first time!

Thanks again!

Hello,

I am glad that my response was helpful.

As far as your latest query is concerned, you can use the following code to set a default selection in the Combo List.

Me.ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = 1

Index for first item is 0 and so forth.

Regards,

Allen Smith