this.lstEmployees.SelectedIndex = 1;And in VB .NET:
Me.lstEmployees.SelectedIndex = 1If you don't know the index number of the item you want to select, but you know it's text display value, you can use the FindString or FindExactString method to find the item index.
this.lstEmployees.SelectedIndex = this.lstEmployees.FindExactString(SelectedText);And in VB .NET:
Me.lstEmployees.SelectedIndex = Me.lstEmployees.FindExactString(SelectedText)Regards,