Set current month on form load in combobox

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i have combobox which is having months like jan, feb , march, i want to display current month on form load

Posted 30-Apr-14 20:50pm

tanugarg

Updated 30-Apr-14 20:57pm

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Richard MacCutchan 1-May-14 2:55am

Get today's date, extract the month number and use that to select the correct month.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-04-30T20:57:00

Solution 2

Don't necessarily do it in form load - try the Form.Shown event instead:

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MyMonthsComboBox.SelectedText = DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM")

Posted 30-Apr-14 20:57pm

OriginalGriff

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tanugarg 1-May-14 3:03am

not working

OriginalGriff 1-May-14 3:30am

Is that the error report you give when your car breaks down? Or do you give more details?
Remember that we can't see your screen, access your HDD, or read your mind.
So tell us what it does do, what it doesn't do, and help us to help you!

CHill60 1-May-14 6:50am

It's not clear from your question exactly what text you have put into your combo box - have you used 3-letter abbreviations for the months, or used the full name? OriginalGriff's solution will work perfectly if you have used the full name.
If you have used 3 letter abbreviations then change the "MMMM" in the solution to "MMM"
If you have used a mixture then you should either be consistent (always a good idea) or use solution 3

RahulMGunjal · Answer 2 · 2014-04-30T22:55:00

Solution 3

Use following line to find current month number

int month = System.DateTime.Now.Month;

While adding months to combo, add with value as Month index.
Now assign above month to that value for combo box.

Posted 30-Apr-14 22:55pm

RahulMGunjal

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CHill60 1-May-14 6:55am

That is not VB! It is also worth noting that when adding items to a comboBox you don't add an index - it is a natural attribute of the collection - so the OP should make sure that they add the months in the correct order.
It is also worth noting that the collection is zero-based not one-based
So to select the appropriate month they should use ComboBox1.SelectedIndex = DateTime.Now.Month - 1

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 3 · 2014-04-30T20:54:00

Solution 1

Try

C#

DateTime.Today.ToString("MMMM")

For all formats, refer - Custom Date and Time Format Strings[^].

Posted 30-Apr-14 20:54pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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tanugarg 1-May-14 3:03am

not working

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 1-May-14 3:16am

Debug and check what is happening.

Manamohan Jha · Answer 4 · 2014-04-30T23:43:00

Solution 5

Try this:-

DateTime dt=DateTime.Now;

ComboBox.Text=dt.ToSting("MMM");

Posted 30-Apr-14 23:43pm

Manamohan Jha

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CHill60 1-May-14 7:01am

Works (when you correct the spelling mistake - ToString!) but this is also C# and not VB.NET

Anupkumar7186 · Answer 5 · 2014-04-30T23:15:00

Solution 4

You can try:-

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ddl.SelectedIndex = ddl.Items.IndexOf(ddl.Items.FindByValue(GetMonthName(DateTime.Now.Month)));
ddl.SelectedItem.Selected = true;

private string GetMonthName(int monthNumber)
    {
        DateTime dtDate = new DateTime(2000, monthNumber, 1);
        Return dtDate.ToString("MMMM");
    }

Thanks

Posted 30-Apr-14 23:15pm

Anupkumar7186

Updated 30-Apr-14 23:20pm

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CHill60 1-May-14 6:59am

This is C# not VB.net. 'FindByValue' is not a member of 'System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.ObjectCollection' - it's a method on a ListItem but the OP is using a ComboBox

Gunjan_Prajapati · Answer 6 · 2014-04-30T23:46:00

Solution 6

You can use this

int iMonth = DateTime.Now.Month;
string sMonth = "";
if (iMonth < 10)
sMonth = '0' + iMonth.ToString();
else
sMonth = iMonth.ToString();
dddlMonth.SelectedValue = sMonth;

Posted 30-Apr-14 23:46pm

Gunjan_Prajapati

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CHill60 1-May-14 7:08am

Doesn't work because the OP has jan, feb, mar in the comboBox not 01,02,03.<br>
For your benefit you could replace all of the code in your solution with
string sMonth = DateTime.Now.Month.ToString("00");