Sorry, that variable is an integer array.
This should work:
Private comboBox_SelectedItems As Integer()
Public Sub [New]()
InitializeComponent()
'i will show you an example, so this is how I populate comboBox:
comboBox1.Items.AddRange(New String() {"a", "b", "c"})
'you populate comboBox as you like
'now lets create an array, which will count each item in comboBox selected:
'now we have set as many items as comboBox has in array, and are set to 0 (initial values)
comboBox_SelectedItems = New Integer(comboBox1.Items.Count - 1) {}
End Sub
Private Sub comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
If comboBox1.SelectedIndex > -1 Then
Dim index As Integer = comboBox1.SelectedIndex
If comboBox_SelectedItems(index) <= 60 Then
'rest of you code in here ... (your upper code you pasted)
comboBox_SelectedItems(index) += 1
Else
MessageBox.Show("Item " + comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString() + " was only allowed to be selected 60 times. Limit is now exceded.")
End If
End If
End Sub