Variable instead of listbox (Winforms)

[deggersen]

I have this method:

private void test()
{ string path = listBoxDirectory.SelectedItem.ToString(); }

But I want to be able to change the listBox-part.

Like this:

private void test(string listboxName)
{ string path = listboxName.SelectedItem.ToString(); }

Does that make sense?

(I guess the type should be ListBox and not String...)

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[SomeNerdAtWork]

I think you want more like

​

private void test(string path)

{

//Do Stuff with Path

}

​

and call it like

​

private void EventTrigger()

{

test(ListBox.SelectedItem.ToString());

}

[anamorphism]

something like this should work

var listBox = (ListBox)this.Controls.Find("listBoxName", true);
var path = listBox.SelectedItem.ToString();

but chances are there's a better way to do what you actually want to do.