You can add new abstraction, instead of using a bunch of lists. For example:
class Category
{
public string Name { get; private set; } //or other Id. Some Enum probably?
public IList<Product> Products { get; private set; }
public Category(string name)
{
Name = name;
Producnts = new List<Products>();
}
public override string ToString()
{
return Name;
}
}
Then you can simply populate your comboBox1
with Category
objects, and handle selection event like this:
private void comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
listBox1.Items.Clear();
var category = (Category)comboBox1.SelectedItem;
if (category == null) return;
//cant you AddRange or assign? I'm not very familiar with winforms
foreach (Product item in category.Products)
{
listBox1.Items.Add(item.ProductName);
}
}
As for your first question: you can override ToString
method of your Product
class to return Name+Price the same way it is done for Category
. Then you can simply call listBox1.Items.Add(item);