How to set selected value from Combobox?

Question

I use combobox in c# windows form. I bound the item list as below:

var employmentStatus = new BindingList<KeyValuePair<string, string>>();  employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("0", "[Select Status]")); employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("1", "Contract")); employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("2", "Part Time")); employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("3", "Permanent")); employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("4", "Probation"));  employmentStatus.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("5", "Other")); cmbEmployeeStatus.DataSource = employmentStatus; cmbEmployeeStatus.ValueMember = "Key"; cmbEmployeeStatus.DisplayMember = "Value"; cmbEmployeeStatus.SelectedIndex = 0; 

I save the selected value in database eg.1 or 2. Now I want to set selected value from database item like:

cmbEmployeeStatus.SelectedValue =employee.employmentstatus;      

But combobox not selected with value. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Try this one.

cmbEmployeeStatus.SelectedIndex = cmbEmployeeStatus.FindString(employee.employmentstatus); 

Hope that helps. :)