use of combobox ValueMember and DisplayMember

Question

I have an excel file which has two columns (1. Name and 2. Value) which I want to bind to a ComboBox.

When I set the DisplayMember to name it s

Answer 1

You can assign value for ValueMember of combo box.

OleDbDataAdapter da = new OleDbDataAdapter("SELECT [name],[value] FROM [Sheet1$] where Component=1 ", strConn);
comboBox1.DisplayMember = "name";
comboBox1.ValueMember = "value";
comboBox1.BindingContext = this.BindingContext;

HTH.