How do i get selected item from combobox which was created with datatable

c#, combobox

Solution

Try the following codes of lines, may be it will help to get the selected item.

        ComboBoxItem requiredItem = (ComboBoxItem)cboType.SelectedItem;
        string value = requiredItem.Content.ToString();

EDIT:

Sorry, the above ComboBoxItem will only works in the case of .Net Framework 4.5, it is in `System.Windows.Controls` namespace. Refer to following code parts for your answer and check

        DataTable dtable = (DataTable)comboBox1.DataSource;
        label1.Text = dtable.Rows[comboBox1.SelectedIndex][0].ToString();//gives you article id
        label2.Text = dtable.Rows[comboBox1.SelectedIndex][1].ToString();//gives you article name

Problem

In my project, combobox values are coming in a method named "getArticles". Here is the method: ``` public void getArticles(ComboBox cb) { var getAll = getAllFromDB("articles", "", "articleName ASC"); DataTable dt = getAll.Tables["articles"]; cb.DataSource = dt; cb.DisplayMember = "articleName"; cb.ValueMember = "id"; } ``` "getAllFromDB" method is doing selection from articles table and returns DataSet. Now my problem is here. When i use `cb.SelectedValue` i can get id value of article name. This is Ok and good. But when i use `cb.SelectedItem` it is showing "System.Data.DataRowView". Please could you help me, how can i get article name like using `cb.selectedItem`? Kind regards.

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