Hi,

you could create a DataTable with two columns. One contains the whole
path and one only the part that should get displayed. Bind that
Datatable to your ListBox as a Datasource and set the listbox's
DisplayMember and ValueMember properties to the name of your first and
second column respectively. To get the value you simply query the
Listbox1.SelectedValue property and you are done...

Add a listbox to your Form to get this code running.

           DataTable myDataTable = new DataTable();
           myDataTable.Columns.Add("Value");
           myDataTable.Columns.Add("Text");
           myDataTable.Rows.Add(new object[] { @"C:\Windows",
"Windows" });
           listBox1.DataSource = myDataTable;
           listBox1.DisplayMember =
myDataTable.Columns[1].ColumnName;
           listBox1.ValueMember = myDataTable.Columns[0].ColumnName;

           listBox1.SelectedIndex = 0;
           MessageBox.Show( listBox1.SelectedValue.ToString() );

Another Tip: Try to use the class System.IO.Path - It can save you a
lot of work and you don't need to substring the paths...

Hope that was of any help - regards

xxxx schrieb:

Put the full path into the Tag property of the ListItem.

Create an array of strings and store the paths in it, then use the selected
index to lookup the full path string in the array.

Massimo

Did I not see this message in C# newsgroups with a bunch of replies? Why
post here again?