Combo Box Add Value Too

[nate]

I have this in a separate class file:

 

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Public Class cboAddItem

   Public Value As String
   Public Item As String

   Public Sub New(ByVal NewItem As String, ByVal NewValue As String)
       Value = NewValue
       Item = NewItem
   End Sub

   Public Overrides Function ToString() As String
       Return Item
   End Function

End Class

 

 

I then use this in my page code:

 

cboBusinessCategory.Items.Add(New cboAddItem("Show All", "1"))

 

 

What am I missing or doing wrong? I get the intellisense error overload, add cannot be called with these arguments. cboAddItem can not be converted to string/listitem.

 

Thanks in advance.

[PlausiblyDamp]

As the intellisense is indicating, you can only add a string or a ListItem to the DropDownList.Items collection.

 

You should however be able to store the cboAddItem objects in a collection (such as a List(Of cboAddItem) and data bind to this collection.