Thread: add data to textbox in form1 and add to combobox in form2

Hello,
I have a textbox and button on form1.
I have a label and combobox on form2.
right now the code lets me enter data in textbox an click button to open form2 and have it displayed in label.
But I cannot figure out how to add it to the combobox.
I have tried combobox1.item.add(strTextBox) in form2 load - but not working
thank you

Code:

namespace Passing_Data 
{ 
    public partial class Form1 : Form 
    { 
        public Form1() 
        { 
            InitializeComponent(); 
        } 
 
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
            Form2 frm = new Form2(textBox1.Text); 
            frm.Show(); 
 
        } 
 
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
 
        } 
    } 
}

FORM 2:

Code:

namespace Passing_Data 
{ 
    public partial class Form2 : Form 
    { 
        public Form2(String strTextBox) 
        { 
            InitializeComponent(); 
            label1.Text = strTextBox; 
        } 
 
        private void Form2_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
 
        } 
 
        private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e) 
        { 
 
        } 
    } 
}

Is there a reason why you need 2 form elements on the page?

Could you not just do it in one?

OK. Then your listbox would then just be bound to the Access table that contains the names.

So, when you add a name, it gets added to your Access table. Then when someone enters data, the listbox is populated with the values from the Access table.

I presume we're talking about a Windows Forms application then?

I'm not sure I see what the issue is.

In your "Add Name" form you retrieve the textbox values and add them to your Access table.

In your other form you bind the DropDownList to a datasource that retrieves the names from the Access table.

The two forms are unrelated. One adds data to the database, another has a dropdownlist that binds to data retrieved from the database.