Inserting text & value into combobox

[nolc]

I am trying to insert "Select One" & value into a combobox on a Windows Form. I know how to do the insert with asp.net, but not in vb.net. Any thoughts?


asp.net:
cboVendors.Items.Insert(0, New System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem("All Vendors", "0"))

[DSJ]

Same way....

ComboBox1.Items.Insert(0, "All Vendors")

[nolc]

Yeah...I've tried that and I get this error, "Can't modify the Items collection when the DataSource property is set.".

Maybe I should have specified that I am also binding a dataset to the combobox. Please see my below code.


Public Sub LOADcboService()
Dim myDataSet As New DataSet()
Dim tmpTable As String = "Services"
myDataSet = GetDataSet(strConn, "spGETServiceList", tmpTable)

' CODE LOADS DATA INTO A COMBOBOX
cboService.DataSource = myDataSet.Tables(tmpTable)
cboService.ValueMember = myDataSet.Tables(tmpTable).Columns(0).Caption
cboService.DisplayMember = myDataSet.Tables(tmpTable).Columns(1).Caption
cboService.SelectAll()
ServiceID = CInt(cboService.SelectedValue.ToString)
'
cboService.Items.Insert(0, "Select one")
End Sub

[nolc]

How about this... I was thinking I could pass the DataSet returned from the stored procedure and string to a Function which would then unpackage the DataSet into an Array with the String in the 0 position and then return the new DataSet. BUT this seems like a round about way of doing it...there's got to be an easier way???


Public Function Combo(sLabel as String, ds as DataSet) AS DataSet
|
'Array stuff
|
Return NewDS
End Function

[nolc]

figured it out....