Hi Tim,

I assume you are referring to WinForms. There is not straight-forward to accomplish. However, one work-around is to create a new class for the listitem and store the value information in it. You would then override the ToString method to provide how you wanted the information displayed. Here is an example:

Create a class that contains whatever information you want. Override
that class' "ToString" property to display whatever you want to display
in the dropdown. Then just add that class to the dropdown. Example:

Public Class Employee
 public emp_name as string
 public emp_age as integer
 public emp_hiredate as date

 public overrides function ToString() as String
  Return emp_name
 end function
End Class

Now, if you have an instance of "Employee" (letys say "emp1"), you can:

ddList1.Items.Add(emp1)

To get the employee selected in the list use:

emp1 = CType(ddList1.SelectedItem, Employee)

>I am working on an app in .NET (VB.NET). I want to display a list box with text and the value of the selected item to be from my database field. I am aware that you add objects to the list box as items. Something like this is what I have in mine....
>
>dim obj as new clsListItem
>obj.display = "text to display"
>obj.itemValue = 12345
>lstProducts.items.add(obj)
>
>How do I have my text display properly? When I get the selected item, will it return the object?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Tim