VB.NET ListBox Control.
The VB.NET System.Windows.Forms.ListBox control enables you to display a list of items from which the user can select one or multiple items from the list. The default is for the ListBox to list the items vertically however setting the multicolumn property to true the items are listed horizontally. The control is typically used to display data from a database. The items listed within the ListBox cannot be edited directly.
Namespace: System::Windows::Forms
System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)
Creating an new VB.NET Windows forms ListBox.
Dim listbox As New ListBox
Assigning a new location for the VB.NET Windows Forms ListBox.
listbox.Location = New Point(0, 0)
Assigning a Selection Mode value to the VB.NET ListBox control.
listbox.SelectionMode = SelectionMode.MultiExtended
Adding a VB.NET ListBox control to the form.
Me.Controls.Add(listbox)
Adding items to the VB.NET ListBox control.
Dim s1 As String = "DELL"
Dim s2 As String = "HP"
Dim s3 As String = "SONY"
listbox.Items.AddRange(New String() {s1, s2, s3})
Creating a Selected Index Changed Event for the VB.NET ListBox control.
AddHandler listbox.SelectedIndexChanged, AddressOf listbox_selectedIndexChanged
Responding to the VB.NET ListBox Selected Index Changed event.
Private Sub listbox_selectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
MessageBox.Show(listbox.SelectedItem.ToString())
End Sub
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