How do I get at the listbox item's “key” in c# winforms app?

Question

I am writing a winforms app in which a user selects an item from a listbox and edits some data that forms part of an associated object. The edits are then applied from the o

Answer 1

I know this is a very old post, but I was unable to cast my list box items into a Dictionary item. This solution worked for me in .NET 3.5 for windows forms.

KeyValuePair kvp = (KeyValuePair)listBoxSystems.SelectedItem;
string szValue = kvp.Value;