//Step #1 bind the data:
 public bool ListAllowedSources(int xUserID,
System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListBox xListbox)
 {
  bool result = false;

  SqlCommand _MyCommand = null;
  SqlDataReader _MyReader = null;

  try
  {
   if ( _MyConnection.State == ConnectionState.Closed ) {
_MyConnection.Open(); }
   _MyCommand  = new SqlCommand("Table001_Sproc001", _MyConnection);
   _MyCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
   _MyCommand.Parameters.Add(new SqlParameter("@Field01", xUserID));
   _MyReader = _MyCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);

   xListbox.DataSource = _MyReader;
   xListbox.DataTextField = "SourceName";
   xListbox.DataValueField = "SourceID";
   xListbox.DataBind();
   if ( xListbox.Items.Count > 0 ) {  xListbox.SelectedIndex = 0; }
   result = true;
  }

  catch (Exception ex)
  {
   clsErrorsIO myError = new clsErrorsIO();
   myError.ErrorAdd(modName,myName, "UID = " + xUserID,ex.Message,false);
  }

  finally
  {
   if (_MyCommand != null) { _MyCommand.Dispose(); }
   if (!_MyReader.IsClosed) { _MyReader.Close(); }
   if (_MyConnection.State != ConnectionState.Closed ) {
_MyConnection.Close(); }
  }
  return result;
 }
//end Step#1

//Step#2 get what was selected from the list:
//
//the foreach is the offending line of code because ctlLB.Items.Count always
== 0, when it should equal the number of items in the list, thus the "if (
li.Selected == true )" never evaluated.
//
foreach(ListItem li in ctlLB.Items)
{
if ( li.Selected == true )
{
 ctlTypesIndex = ctlTypesIndex + mm.ToString() + "-";
}
}