How to Add Items to a Listbox in VB.net

A listbox is very common control that you see in many applications. It gives the user a great view of a list of items. Here is how you add items to a listbox in VB.net.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• VB.net

1. Open in VB.net.

2. 
    
   New Project

   Create a new proejct.

3. 
    
   Listbox

   Add a listbox to the form.

4. 
    
   Button

   Add a button to the form.

5. 
    
   Code Window

   Double click the button to bring up the button's click event code window.

6. 
    
   Code

   In the code window we create a FOR-NEXT loop to add a list of numbers. Then to add items to the listbox we use the "ListBox1.Items.Add i". See the picture for the exact code.

7. Press the "F5" key on your keyboard to run the program.

8. 
    
   Final Results

   Click the button on the form and you will see the numbers added to the listbox.

Resources

• Mike's How-To Blog

[mpodlesny]

on 11/5/2008 this example is just that an example.

[josinathan]

on 11/4/2008 i have a problem by using this code, that is if i close the application and reopen it the added item does not present in that purticulur Listbox what i have to do

[luv2blog]

on 10/12/2008 Thanks for the info.

[argyle]

on 10/7/2008 I get this question all the time from newbies. I hope they all find their answer here next time! Thanks for the article.