{"id":12938,"date":"2018-04-07T15:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/?p=12938"},"modified":"2018-06-24T23:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T15:03:44","slug":"adding-items-in-a-listbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/07\/adding-items-in-a-listbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Items in a ListBox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Visual Basic.Net, items can also be\u00a0added at runtime using the\u00a0<\/span><b>Add( )<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> method. We can apply this method in Visual Basic 2017, Visual Basic 2015, Visual Basic 2013, Visual Basic 2012, Visual Basic 2010 as well as Visual Basic 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The syntax of the Add() method is as follows:<\/p>\n<pre>Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click\r\n ListBox1.Items.Add(text)\r\nEnd Sub<\/pre>\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Button1_Click(sender <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Object<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, e <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EventArgs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Button1.Click<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ListBox1.Items.Add(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Apple&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">End<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Output is as shown below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/listbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/listbox.jpg 286w, https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/listbox-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/listbox-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/listbox-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides that, we can also\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">allow the user to add items via a popup input box. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the following example, we create a variable <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">myitem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and then assign a value to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> myitem <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">via the InputBox function that store the input from the user. We then use the Add() method to add the user\u2019s item into the listbox. The code is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre>Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click\r\nDim myitem                        'declare the variable myitem \r\n myitem = InputBox(\"Enter your Item\")\r\nListBox1.Items.Add(myitem)\r\nEnd Sub\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>For more examples, refer to<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2017\/VB2017_Lesson6.html\">http:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/vb2017\/VB2017_Lesson6.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Visual Basic.Net, items can also be\u00a0added at runtime using the\u00a0Add( ) method. We can apply this method in Visual Basic 2017, Visual Basic 2015, Visual Basic 2013, Visual Basic 2012, Visual Basic 2010 as well as Visual Basic 2008. The syntax of the Add() method is as follows: Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/07\/adding-items-in-a-listbox\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Adding Items in a ListBox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Adding Items in a ListBox - Learn Visual Basic Programming \u2013 VB.NET, VBA &amp; Classic VB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vbtutor.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/07\/adding-items-in-a-listbox\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adding Items in a ListBox - Learn Visual Basic Programming \u2013 VB.NET, VBA &amp; Classic VB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Visual Basic.Net, items can also be\u00a0added at runtime using the\u00a0Add( ) method. 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