Creating a auto popoulated drop down list for year

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Hi, I am new to programming and trying to figure out how to set up a auto populated drop down list for year.

I am trying to set up a drop list of years, starting from 2009 to current year. I have tried to use the code below but it failed.

Can someone please help me to look into the coding and explain to me what I did wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated!

I am using Visual Studio 2005 to programe.

VB

Private Sub cbo_StartYear_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cbo_StartYear.SelectedIndexChanged

        cbo_StartYear.Items.Clear()  'CLEAR THE LIST FIRST
        Dim currentYear As Integer = Date.Now.Year
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 2009 To currentYear
            cbo_StartYear.Items.Add(i)
        Next i
        cbo_StartYear.SelectedIndex = cbo_StartYear.Items.Count - 1
End Sub

Posted 16-Jan-12 15:28pm

Boon How

Updated 16-Jan-12 16:35pm

Prerak Patel

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Om Prakash Pant 16-Jan-12 22:19pm

put the code in form load event instead of cbo_StartYear_SelectedIndexChanged

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Prerak Patel · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-16T16:39:00

As Om Prakash said, you should put this code in Form_Load or Control_Load event.
Just like,

VB

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        cbo_StartYear.Items.Clear()  'CLEAR THE LIST FIRST
        Dim currentYear As Integer = Date.Now.Year
        Dim i As Integer
        For i = 2009 To currentYear
            cbo_StartYear.Items.Add(i)
        Next i
        cbo_StartYear.SelectedIndex = cbo_StartYear.Items.Count - 1
End Sub