Get info from struct stored in combobox???

[Shaitan00]

--Using [VS C#.NET]--

 

I have created a structure (struct deviceInfo) that I use to fill a ComboBox (cbTask).

So I create a few instantces of deviceInfo and add them to cbTask, I am doing this because the stuct holds other information

that on .SelectedItem I wanted to retrieve, question is I have no clue how...

 

It works great in my ComboBox but then how do I access the struct when getting the value?

 

::CODE::

struct deviceInfo

{

public int nDevice_ID;

public string sDevice_Short;

public deviceInfo(int pnDevice_ID, string psDevice_Short)

{

nDevice_ID = pnDevice_ID;

sDevice_Short = psDevice_Short;

}

}

 

 

I create an instance of this struct and pass it into my combobox (works great, the combobox with the overloaded .ToString() display the Device_Short string)

deviceInfo diInfo = new deviceInfo(ID, Name);

cbTask.Items.Add(diInfo);

 

Now later on I want to get the nDevice_ID corresponding to the currently selected item in the combobox.

Can I do this (I assume so) but I can't seem to figure out how. Any clues? There has to be a way I can access the struct stored in the combobox so I can extract the Device_ID associated with the selected Device_Short name.

[Nerseus]

Try this:

deviceInfo selectedDevice = (deviceInfo)cbTask.SelectedItem;

 

Then you can use selectedDevice as a true deviceInfo object.

 

-ner