How to Determine Multiple Strings in Listbox?

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This may seem to be a simple question but the way I am going about it seems to freeze my program with no error.

I am looking to determine if a string is being added to a subitem in my listbox and if so to remove it..

here is the code I am trying to use

VB

Dim hiber As String = "hiberfil.sys"
        Dim FXSAPI As String = "FXSAPIDebugLogFile.txt"
        Dim setup1 As String = "setup-a.bin"
        Dim setup2 As String = "setup-b.bin"
  For Each ListViewItem As ListViewItem In resultsbox.Items
                                If ListViewItem.SubItems(1).Text = hiber or FXSAPI or setup1 or setup2 Then
                                    ListViewItem.Remove()
                                End If
                            Next

what other way can i achieve this?..

thank you in advance

Posted 17-Apr-13 16:57pm

Dale 2012

Updated 17-Apr-13 16:58pm

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-17T17:25:00

Your if statement is seriously screwed. You cannot make a list of items (you're OR'ing them!) to compare a single variable to. You MUST compare the variable to each item in the list seperately. (BTW: Your ListViewItem variable name is a TERRIBLE choice since it's exactly the same as the name of a well-known class. Just call it item and be done with it.)

If ListViewItem.SubItems(1).Text = hiber or FXAPI or ...

becomes

Dim subItem As String = ListViewItem.SubItems(1).Text
If subItem = hiber Or subItem = FXSAPI Or subitem = setup1 Or subItem = setup2 Then ...

This is a VB.NET (or any other language) 101 thing. You REALLY need to pickup a beginners book on VB.NET and work through it.