Help needed in Visual Basic 2010, WinForms, ComboBox

[Cumminsc9]

So here I have an interesting question.

I'm in the process of creating a Football Results Entry form. So far I have one method of inputting results from a football match but I need another way. I thought of using Combo boxes for both teams. So let me give you a quick rundown of what I am attempting to do.

So I have a text box that you enter your teams into, then that makes the next step visible where you enter the results for the teams. Now I have 2 combo boxes one for each team that will need the values of
>Win for team
>Loss for team
>Draw for teams
>Game cancelled

So what I need to do is program if you were to select "Win for team" then the label under that would show "3points to home team" for example and say for loss "0points to Home Team" I know there is code out there for it cause I can't be the first one who wants a combo box to display a different value when the correct display value is selected.

I hope I've made it clear as possible. If needed I'll be happy to add more information.

Thanks
Tom

[KrisWragg]

To do this you will want to register for the SelectedIndexChanged event on the combobox:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...exchanged.aspx

When you have done that then you can use a switch statement based on the SelectedIndex of the combobox to set the correct text of your label below it

[KrisWragg]

Actually I tried this out and its a bit harder than I thought... anyway I've got something that should work for you, hopefully you can understand it and modify it to your needs. Let me know if you get stuck!

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            dt.Columns.Add("Result", typeof(string));
            dt.Columns.Add("Points", typeof(string));

            dt.Rows.Add(new string[]{"Win", "3 points"});
            dt.Rows.Add(new string[] { "Lose", "0 points" });
            dt.Rows.Add(new string[] { "Draw", "1 points" });
            dt.Rows.Add(new string[] { "Cancelled", "0 points" });

            this.comboBox1.DropDown += new System.EventHandler(this.comboBox1_DropDown);
            this.comboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);

            comboBox1.DataSource = dt;
            comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Points";
        }

        private void comboBox1_DropDown(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Result";
        }

        private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int nSel = comboBox1.SelectedIndex;
            comboBox1.DisplayMember = "Points";
            comboBox1.SelectedIndex = nSel;
        }

[Cumminsc9]

Hey KrisWragg

Thanks for contribution and sorry for my late response however, I managed to do this without the long and complicated code above. I used "Select Case" instead. Regardless I will still look at your code and have a go with it. Thanks for your help.

        Select Case (cbTeam1.SelectedIndex)
            Case 0
                lblfinalresults1.Text = "3 Points"
                lblFinalresults2.Text = "0 Points"
            Case 1
                lblFinalresults2.Text = "3 Points"
                lblfinalresults1.Text = "0 Points"
            Case 2

            Case 3
                lblfinalresults1.Text = "1 Point"
                lblFinalresults2.Text = "1 Point"
            Case 4

            Case 5
                lblfinalresults1.Text = "Game Cancelled"
                lblFinalresults2.Text = "Game Cancelled"
                MsgBox("Game to be rescheduled")
            Case 6

            Case 7
                lblfinalresults1.Text = Nothing
                lblFinalresults2.Text = Nothing

        End Select

Oh but now I have a new issue. If you want to have a bash at it before I figure something out ;P

[KrisWragg]

What you've done is what I thought you initially wanted, then I thought you wanted the text in the combobox, which makes it a bit more difficult

I can have a look at your other problem if you want, no use banging your head against a wall if someone knows the answer

[Cumminsc9]

Haha yeah upon reading through what I wanted it wasn't exceptionally clear. Sorry about that.

Anyways my new problem is how would I effectively use the keystroke command to send characters to an external program such as; notepad, or word. Any idea KirsWragg?

Regards