VB6 question:

There must be something blindingly obvious that I'm missing.

Let's say I have a disconnected ADO Recordset consisting of two character
fields, WidgetCode and WidgetDescription.  I wish to populate a combo box
with WidgetDescriptions.  Once the selection has been made, I want my
program to be able to have immediate access to the associated WidgetCode.

It does not appear that I can use a DBCombo or DataCombo object, since both
must be bound to a data control (I don't want to do this, since my data
interface is located elsewhere).

It also does not appear that I can use a simple ComboBox, since I don't see
any way to tell the object which WidgetCode goes with which
WidgetDescription.

So.... what am I missing?

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Tim Thornton
College Station, Texas, USA

Tim

You might find that the ItemData property is what you are missing.  In a
simple combo box, use the Text property for your WidgetDescription and use
the ItemData property for your WidgetCode.

Rgs
Martin

If your WidgetCode is numeric you can use the combo's ItemData array.
Otherwise, if you already have them in a disconnected recordset, load
the descriptions into the combo and use the recordset's Filter or Find
on the the Description column to get the Code.