Jim,

Perhaps this one works better.

string SessDate = this.listBox1.SelectedItem.ToString();

HTH

>I'm developing a Windows Forms application that includes a ListBox control.
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>I have created a handler for the Click event.
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>But, I am not able to get the value of the SelectedItem. Here is the offending line:
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>string SessDate = (string)(listBox1.SelectedItem);
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>I get an error message saying "Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataRowView' to type 'System.String'.
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>When I run under the debugger, I can see this.ListBox and that shows {SelectedItem = "10/25/2002"} which is what I am trying to get.
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>Help!
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>Thanks,
>Jim