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How to: Access Specific Items in a Windows Forms ComboBox, ListBox, or CheckedListBox Control

Accessing specific items in a Windows Forms combo box, list box, or checked list box is an essential task. It enables you to programmatically determine what is in a list, at any given position.

To access a specific item

  1. Query the Items collection using the index of the specific item:

    Private Function GetItemText(i As Integer) As String  
       ' Return the text of the item using the index:  
       Return ComboBox1.Items(i).ToString  
    End Function  
    
    private string GetItemText(int i)  
    {  
       // Return the text of the item using the index:  
       return (comboBox1.Items[i].ToString());  
    }  
    
    private:  
       String^ GetItemText(int i)  
       {  
          // Return the text of the item using the index:  
          return (comboBox1->Items->Item[i]->ToString());  
       }  
    

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