Custom Controls (Checkbox / List)
 

Hi, I'm not too experienced with .NET programming, but I was wondering if anyone knows of a custom control in VB.NET that involves a list (sort of like a ListBox), with at least 2 columns, and the ability to select individual members of this list. I basically have a dynamic NameValueCollection I would like to populate this list with and allow users to select different items.

Does anyone know of a pre-made control like this?

Re: Custom Controls (Checkbox / List)
 

You'll get that with ListView control.
Fill ListView control:

Dim TempStr(1) As String

Dim NewNode As ListViewItem

ListView1.View = View.Details

' FullRowSelect has to be True

ListView1.FullRowSelect = True

ListView1.Columns.Clear()

ListView1.Columns.Add("Column1", 100)

ListView1.Columns.Add("Column2", 100)

ListView1.Items.Clear()

TempStr(0) = "foo"

TempStr(1) = "bar"

NewNode = New ListViewItem(TempStr)

ListView1.Items.Add(NewNode)

TempStr(0) = "another"

TempStr(1) = "item"

NewNode = New ListViewItem(TempStr)

ListView1.Items.Add(NewNode)

and check where the mouse was clicked:

Private Sub ListView1_MouseClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles ListView1.MouseClick

  Dim HTInfo As ListViewHitTestInfo = ListView1.HitTest(e.Location)

  Dim TempStr As String

  HTInfo = ListView1.HitTest(e.Location)

  TempStr = HTInfo.SubItem.ToString

  MessageBox.Show(TempStr, _

    "SubItem", _

    MessageBoxButtons.OK, _

    MessageBoxIcon.Information)

End Sub

Of course you can have more than two columns if you need.

Re: Custom Controls (Checkbox / List)
 

Thanks!