I have a case statement that evaluates a string in a combo box on a form which is either English or Metric. What I'm finding is that the case statement does not see the pull down box contents which is loaded by default unless it is physically reselected by the user. In other words the combo box defaults to "metric" but the case statement does not recognize it unless I go and reselect "metric" in the combo box. Any help would be appreciated.

Whats wrong with the other question you already have a thread on this subject for?

different problem

i don't understand very well your problem. Give us the code, example... don't let us guess.

If this is the problem I think it is, I usually fix it by using the Text property of the combo box. It should allow you to get the text of what's in the combo box without the user actually having to select it.

that is what im using the text property of the combo box

OK...have you tried using the SelectedItem property?

Yes I get an error saying " a value of an integral type is expected"

Show some code, show the line with the error, show what you tried to do to fix it

Here is my code and when I run it always gets to the default althought there are strings showing in the combo box that came from the data base

switch (bunitsCB.Text)
{
case "Metric":
bl = Convert.ToDecimal(blanklTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);
bw = Convert.ToDecimal(blankwTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);
bp = Convert.ToDecimal(blankpTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);
pd = Convert.ToDecimal(partdepthTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);break;
case "English":
bl = Convert.ToDecimal(blanklTB.Text);
bw = Convert.ToDecimal(blankwTB.Text);
bp = Convert.ToDecimal(blankpTB.Text);
pd = Convert.ToDecimal(partdepthTB.Text);break;
default:
bl = 0;
bw = 0;
bp = 0;
pd = 0;
checkLB.Items.Add("YOU MUST SELECT A BLANK UNIT OF MEASURE");break;
}
switch (dieunitsCB.Text)
{
case "Metric":
dl = Convert.ToDecimal(dielTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);
dw = Convert.ToDecimal(diewTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);
ds = Convert.ToDecimal(dieshTB.Text) / Convert.ToDecimal(25.4);break;
case "English":
dl = Convert.ToDecimal(dielTB.Text);
dw = Convert.ToDecimal(diewTB.Text);
ds = Convert.ToDecimal(dieshTB.Text);break;
default:
dl = 0;
dw = 0;
ds = 0;
checkLB.Items.Add("YOU MUST SELECT A DIE UNIT OF MEASURE");break;
}