No, I want to lop thru all items, checked and unchecked, searching for a key. When the key is found, return it's index position.



>I'm assuming that you want to spin through the Items that have been checked by the user? Maybe not, but I'm not quite clear on what you're wanting to accomplish.
>
>The CheckedListBox.Items is simply a collection of objects.
>The CheckedListBox.CheckedItems is also a collection of objects.
>
>So you'd use object in your foreach. And you can use Items.IndexOf() method to find the index.
>
>

>
>foreach (object item in this.MyCheckedListBox.CheckedItems)
>{
>        // I'll let you fill in the blanks (this should give you a nudge)
>	int x = this.MyCheckedListBox.Items.IndexOf(item);
>}
>

>
>~~Bonnie
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>>I'm trying to return the index of an item in a CheckedListBox using the value. The list was bound using:
>>
>>

>>private void _LoadLists()
>>{
>>    string ObjectsQuery = "SELECT DataObjectId, AccessTableId, ObjectName FROM DataObject ORDER BY ObjectName";
>>    DataSet dsObjects = _ExecuteQuery(ObjectsQuery);
>>
>>    chlObjects.DataSource = dsObjects.Tables[0];
>>    chlObjects.DisplayMember = "ObjectName";
>>    chlObjects.ValueMember = "DataObjectId"; 
>>}
>>

>>
>>Then, I have this method to get the index, but I'm not sure how to complete it:
>>
>>

>>private int _GetIndexOfItemByKey(int Key)
>>{
>>    int RetVal = -1;
>>
>>    foreach (what??? Row in chlObjects.Items)
>>    {
>>     
>>    }
>>    
>>    return RetVal;
>>    
>>}
>>