List box Items..how do you refer to them?

I wanted to refer to a specific listbox item....but how do you do that

I tried using the same method as one would do with tabs, ex.

Listbox1.Items.Item(1)

Using an index number...
but that didnt work apparently, I got an exception error...

So how would I refer to the first item in a listbox, the second

I cant use their specific name because I have code set to change the listbox items at user intervention...

Visual Basic16

The first item is Listbox1.Items.Item(0) not (1).

I tried that already. It gave me an exception error. So I changed it to 1. Still got the exception error. So I posted here.

What exception did you get

Is the list empty when you pass in 0 If there are no items in the list, then you can't access item 0. Try checking the count first.

alright here's whats going on:

on form_load I have the following

Listbox1.Items.Item(0)= My.Settings.firstitem.ToString()

(i tried w/o tostring too)

By Default My.Settings.firstitem has the text "blank"

It gives me an exception error you cannot refer to the index with the number 0

You are getting this error because the list box is empty, which means there is no item 0. You have to add an item to the list box using Listbox1.Items.Add

-Scott

Hmm what a simple answer....I should use the add function instead, right

Yes. If you want to add an item to the list box, then you need to use the Add method.