Get Selected Item from ListBox
Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Drawing Imports System.IO Module Module1 Sub Main() Application.Run(New Form1) End Sub End Module Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents ListBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button <System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.ListBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.ListBox() Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'ListBox1 ' Me.ListBox1.Items.AddRange(New Object() {"Windows", "Linux", "Mac OS", "Palm OS", "Windows CE", "Unix"}) Me.ListBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(32, 32) Me.ListBox1.Name = "ListBox1" Me.ListBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(120, 69) Me.ListBox1.TabIndex = 0 ' 'Button1 ' Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(104, 144) Me.Button1.Name = "Button1" Me.Button1.TabIndex = 1 Me.Button1.Text = "Done" ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(280, 205) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Button1, Me.ListBox1}) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "ListBoxDemo" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If (ListBox1.SelectedItem <> "") Then MessageBox.Show("You selected: " & ListBox1.SelectedItem) Else MessageBox.Show("You must select an item") End If End Sub End Class