>Initially I did it like this:

>   cboRuta.DataBindings.Add("SelectedValue", glRuta, "RutaId");

>But it did not work, however, I feel like I'm missing something.


glRuta is the DataSource for the Combo. It's what fills it's Item list that gets displayed in the DropDown. Because you were trying to set the SelectedValue based on a value in oClient.Ruta, I assumed that you want the syntax I provided ... DataBinding to the SelectedValue using oCliente.Ruta.

Basically, I think that what confuses a lot of people is the Combos (and other controls like ListBox) have two kinds of binding:

The first, setting the DataSource, DisplayMember and ValueMember, tells the Combo what to display in it's DropDown.

The second (adding the binding to the "SelectedValue"), tells the combo where to get it's initial value from and also where to store the value once the user has selected it.

Does that make more sense now?

~~Bonnie




>Initially I did it like this:
>
>

>   cboRuta.DataBindings.Add("SelectedValue", glRuta, "RutaId");
>

>
>But it did not work, however, I feel like I'm missing something.
>
>>I have a quick question as to why you want to set the SelectedValue that way. Are you not binding this Combo to oCliente? If you do this, it should work without manually setting the SelectedValue:
>>
>>

>>cboRuta.DataBindings.Add("SelectedValue", oCliente, "Ruta");
>>

>>
>>~~Bonnie
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi all, I have a generics list that I use to fill a combobox, I bound them like this:
>>>
>>>

>>>    cboRuta.DisplayMember = "Descripcion";
>>>    cboRuta.ValueMember = "RutaId";
>>>    cboRuta.DataSource = glRuta;
>>>

>>>
>>>That part works fine, but if I set the selectedvalue property it doesn't seems to affect the displayed member of the combobox.
>>>
>>>

>>>    cboRuta.SelectedValue = oCliente.Ruta
>>>

>>>
>>>What am I missing here?
>>>
>>>TIA, Enmanuel