ComboBox in Silverlight

How to fetch images from database using mvvm model in silverlight and show in combobox? Please reply me i am having issue regarding fetch from database.

How to set selectedItem in combobox when load page.

How does one extract the value of the selected item in the combo box?

Terrific post my friehnd however I am stuck at the most basic of things. How can I add text to the combo box as displayed in figure #1 - for example I want it to display a description of the items collection. Such as "Select an item."

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my requirement is that, i have to get access to the checkbox control which is placed inside combobox control. Declarative code is some thing like this.. <ComboBox x:Name="AreaCombo" ItemsSource="{Binding AreaList}" Width="170" Canvas.Left="92" Canvas.Top="41"> <ComboBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> <!--<Grid x:Name="RootElement">--> <CheckBox x:Name="AreaCheckbox" ClickMode="Press" Content="{Binding Path=Name}" IsChecked="{Binding Path=IsSelected, Mode=TwoWay}" Checked="CheckBox_Checked" /> <!--</Grid>--> </DataTemplate> </ComboBox.ItemTemplate>

Mahesh, Nice article. How do I remove duplicates from my combobox ?

Thanks Mahesh article is very usefull thanks again

Hi Mahesh, I want to know how to combobox bind with database table as I my knowledge Syste.Data.SqlClient not available in Silverlight page........

As in normal dropdown list or in Combobox we can set TextField and ValueField, can we done same here ?

Dear Mr. Chand, article is nice n useful. thnx a lot. Can u plz help me out in something. i want to return a List<> of objects from a FUNCTION present in WCF service and i want to bind it with the datagrid. but i am unable to do it. the list also can be bound to the listbox or combo box etc. please help me immediately. Thanks, Somanath [email protected]

Silverlight Combobox looks like a button. How can i change the appearance so that it looks like a simple windows or asp.net ComboBox?

private void AddButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { ComboBox1.Items.Add(TextBox1.Text); } I try to run your example. "add" methods not working property. bcoz of readonly collection. Can u run this?