Getting data from listview

teejayem

Hi i am having an issue about getting data from list view. I am wanting to get data from a listview and place it in 3 textboxes. Here is the code i have to place it from the 3 textboxes to the listview but i am wanting to reverse this.

            string\[\] myItems = new string\[\]
                {
                    textBox1.Text,
                    textBox2.Text,
                    textBox3.Text
                };
            ListViewItem lvi = new ListViewItem(myItems);

            listView1.Items.Add(lvi);

thanks for you help in advance Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

Sean89

To get the data from a list view you use the Items property. For example if you wanted to get the data from the selected item in the list:

int selected = listView1.SelectedItems[0].Index;  // get the first selected item's index

textBox1.Text = listView1.Items[selected].Text // to get the data in the the first column.

textBox2.Text = listView1.Items[selected].SubItems[1].Text; // to get the data in the second column

And so on... Hope that helps :laugh:

teejayem

Thanks for your help sean. I tried that but i couldn't get it to work. Let me explain what i have going on in this program. First i have a button that opens an "openFileDialog". After i select the file it puts the fileName in textbox1.text, in textbox2.text it has the filetype, in textbox3.text it has "pending". Then after that i have it set up to move to the listview by the code i posted above. What i'm wanting to do is to be able to push a button and it will move the filename back from the listview to textbox1.text. Then from there i will be able to do File.Copy(path, path2) ((path would be textbox1.text)) I don't know if you even understand what i'm saying (i think i just confused myself as i'm posting this). As you can tell i am still learning :) Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

Sean89

I understand what your trying to do ;) The only way I know how to get the data from the list view is by the way I posted earlier. Thats odd that this is not working for you though :confused: Could you post the code that you have written to get the data out of the list view?

teejayem

Alright here is what i got going on: This button does the openfile and puts it in the textboxes:

    private void button1\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        OpenFileDialog music = new OpenFileDialog();
        music.Title = "Add a music file";
        music.InitialDirectory = "C:\\\\";
        music.Filter = "Supported File Types|\*.mp3,\*.wma|All files (\*.\*)|\*.\*";
        music.FilterIndex = 2;
        music.RestoreDirectory = false;

        if (music.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            music.Multiselect = true;
            foreach (string fileName in music.FileNames)
            {
                textBox1.Text = fileName;
                textBox2.Text = "Audio";
                textBox3.Text = "Pending";
            }
            string\[\] myItems = new string\[\]
                {
                    textBox1.Text,
                    textBox2.Text,
                    textBox3.Text
                };
            ListViewItem lvi = new ListViewItem(myItems);

            listView1.Items.Add(lvi);
        }
        
    }

what i'm wanting to do before i do file.copy is move the filename in the listview back to textbox1.text (textbox2 and 3 also but it doesn't really matter as of right now)

    private void button6\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string path = textBox1.Text;
        string path2 = textBox4.Text;

        try
        {
            // Copy the file.
            File.Copy(path, path2);
            this.syncstat.Text = "Status: Files Copied";
        }

        catch
        {
            this.syncstat.Text = "Status:  Cannot copy into the same folder";
        }

Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

teejayem

I'm sorry sean i shoulda read more clearly. this is how i tested it

    private void button6\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int selected = listView1.SelectedItems\[0\].Index;  // get the first selected item's index
        textBox1.Text = listView1.Items\[selected\].Text; // to get the data in the the first column.
        textBox2.Text = listView1.Items\[selected\].SubItems\[1\].Text; // to get the data in the second column
        textBox3.Text = listView1.Items\[selected\].SubItems\[2\].Text;


    }

but i couldn't get it to show in the 3 boxes Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good

Kuira

I dont know if this works but I doubt it cause its wierd the way your putting it to a question: ListViewItem myItems = (ListViewItem) listView1.SelectedItems[0]; textBox1.Text = myItems.Text; textBox2.Text = myItems.SubItems[0].Text; textBox3.Text = myItems.SubItems[1].Text; But thats just my guess :shrug:

Sean89

I set up a program with the code you posted and it works fine. So I don't know what else to tell you :(