VB Auto Center Visual Basic 2010, help?

[soad19152003]

Hi, I have this project for Visual Basic, the book is Programming in Visual Basic by Bradley.

I will put down the description of the project BUT MY QUESTION IS, how should I set up the boxes (I'm using a listbox)? I have the first box, but after that how do I make it so that the certain features are shown when I click a certain package?

Assignment: Create an application for the car wash located at VB Auto Center. The form will contain three list box or combo box controls that do not permit the user to type in items at run time. The first list will contain the names of the packages available for detailing a vehicle: Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury.

The contents of the other two lists will vary depending upon the package selected. Display one list for the interior work and one list for the exterior work. Store the descriptions of the items in string constants. You must clear the lists for the interior and exterior for each order and add new items to the lists each time the user makes a selection from the package list.

Use a drop-down list to allow the user to select the fragrance. The choices are Hawaiian Mist, Baby Powder, Pine, Country Floral, Pina Colada, and Vanilla.

Include menu items for Print Order, Clear, and Exit with appropriate access keys. The print option should send its output to the Print Preview window. Include your name and a heding at the top of the report.

The order printout will contain the package name (Standard, Deluxe, Executive, or Luxury), the interior and exterior items included, and the fragrance selected. Use For/Next Loop when printing the interior and exterior lists.

Exterior
Hand Wash (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages)
Hand Wax (This item should be available under Deluxe, Executive,and Luxury packages)
Check Engine Fluids (This item should be available under Exe and luxury packages)
Detail Engine Compartment (This item should be available under luxury)
Detail Under Carriage

Interior
Fragrance (This item should be available under Standard, Deluxe, Executive and Luxury packages)
Shampoo Carpets (This item should be available under Deluxe, Exe and standard packages)
Shampoo Upholstery (This item should be available under luxury)
Interior Protection Coat (This item should be available under executive package)
Scotchgard (This item should be available under luxury package).


Thank you!

[sanjon]

Double click the first ComboBox and it will take you to the code section. In this section, make an If Else statement:

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If ComboBox1.Text = "Name of Package" Then
'Set up the other two listboxes...
End If


I don't want to do the whole project for you, but here are the commands you can use to set up the ComboBoxes at runtime:

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'Add an Item...
ComboBox1.Items.Add("Item as String")
'Clear all Items...
ComboBox1.Items.Clear()


[soad19152003]

Thanks! I will give it a try. Don't worry I don't expect you to do it for me I was just having a hard time starting it. I'm new at VB. Thanks again

[sanjon]

No problem. If you need more help please let me know.