Retrieving text from selected item in a listbox VB.NET

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I am having trouble retreiving the actual text from the selected item in a listbox. The listbox only allows one selected item at a time.
I have tried this: Me.lblCurrentDoorTag.Text = (Me.lstDoorTags.Items(pIntIndexOfSelectedItem).ToString), but it returns ColdGuard_Design_Automation_System.ClassDoorTag

also tried this: me.lblCurrentDoorTag.Text = (Me.lstDoorTags.Text)
Sometime it works but other times it also returns ColdGuard_Design_Automation_System.ClassDoorTag

I have wasted a lot of time trying to find a solution to this problem. What am I doing wrong?

PJ Martins · Answer

Try the following: lblCurrentDoorTag.Text = CType(Me.lstDoorTags.Items(pIntIndexOfSelectedItem) , ClassDoorTag).DoorTag.ToString()

Mike · Answer

Thanks, that worked!!!

Mike · Answer

ClassDoorTag has two properties. They are DoorTag and DoorTagID. I am setting the displaymember for the list box to DoorTag and the valuemember to DoorTagID. frmMainParameters.lstDoorTags.DisplayMember = "DoorTag" frmMainParameters.lstDoorTags.ValueMember = "DoorTagID" The list correctly displays the doortags but when I try to set a label equal to the text of the currently selected item in the list box, the label text is set to ColdGuard_Design_Automation_System.ClassDoorTag. If I use me.lblCurrentDoorTag.Text = (Me.lstDoorTags.Text) to set the label text, it works part of the time, but at other times I get the same result as above.

PJ Martins · Answer

Which property of ClassDoorTag are you trying to display? Me.lblCurrentDoorTag.Text = CType(Me.lstDoorTags.Items(pIntIndexOfSelectedItem) , ClassDoorTag). >.ToString()

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