Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

14.7. CheckedListBox Control

The CheckedListBox control derives from class ListBox and includes a CheckBox next to each item. As in ListBoxes, items can be added via methods Add and AddRange or through the String Collection Editor. CheckedListBoxes imply that multiple items can be selected, and the only possible values for the SelectionMode property are None and One. One allows multiple selection, because CheckBoxes imply that there are no logical restrictions on the items—the user can select as many items as required. Thus, the only choice is whether to give the user multiple selection or no selection at all. This keeps the CheckedListBox’s behavior consistent with that of CheckBoxes. Figure 14.19 lists some common properties, a common method ...