Can't get Value from ComboBox

Question

I have a simple comboBox with some Value/Text items in it. I have using ComboBox.DisplayMember and ComboBox.ValueMember to correctly set the value/text. When I try to get th

Answer 1

As you have seen in the debugger, SelectedItem contains the information you need. But to access SelectedItem.Value, you need to cast SelectedItem to the appropriate type (which is problematic if you are using an anonymous type) or use reflection. (VS can't compile SelectedItem.Value because at compile time VS only knows that SelectedItem is of type Object, which doesn't have a Value property.)

To use reflection to get the Value member, use Type.InvokeMember with BindingFlags.GetProperty.

To cast SelectedItem, declare a named type with Value and Text properties instead of using an anonymous type, and add instances of the named type to the ComboBox, instead of instances of the anonymous type. Then cast SelectedItem: ((MyType)(cb.SelectedItem)).Value.