Sending dropdown values to message box

[Soumya1092]

I am using VB 2013 and trying to send values from a dropdown to a message box, but it's returning 0. My code is as below :

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim value1 As String
        Dim value2 As String

        value1 = Val(Project_Name.SelectedItem)
        value2 = Val(ComboBox2.SelectedItem)
        Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(value1, value2)

    End Sub

Where have I gone wrong? Appreciate any help / suggestion. I am completely new to Vb.net

 

[Soumya1092]

You can use String.Format like :

Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim value1 As String
Dim value2 As String
value1 = Project_Name.SelectedItem.ToString()
value2 = ComboBox2.SelectedItem.ToString()
Dim s As String = String.Format("Value 1: {0} value2 : {1}", value1 , value2)
Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(s)

End Sub

 

[rgd1101]

read
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.dropdownlist(v=vs.110).aspx

SelectedItem - Gets the selected item with the lowest index in the list control.(Inherited from ListControl.)

what you need is something else.