Getting ListView values into a string array?

Question

I have a ListView control set up in details mode, and on a button press I would like to retrieve all column values from that row in the ListView.

This is my code so far:

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
    Dim items As ListView.SelectedListViewItemCollection = _
    Me.ManageList.SelectedItems
    Dim item As ListViewItem
    Dim values(0 To 4) As String
    Dim i As Integer = 0
    For Each item In items
        values(i) = item.SubItems(1).Text
        i = i + 1
    Next
End Sub

But values just comes out as an empty array. Any ideas? I just want the values array to be filled with the data of that ListView row.

Cheers.

Answer 1

Just to check, are you aware that item.SubItems(1).Text will get the texts from the second column? And that since you're using SelectedItems it'll only look at the currently selected items in the ListView.

Edit: Also, are you sure there will always just be a maximum of 5 selected items in the ListView? Otherwise you'll have problems with

Dim values(0 To 4) As String

Answer 2

You need to iterate the SubItems, not the selected items. Fix:

If Me.ManageList.Items.Count <> 1 Then Exit Sub
Dim row As ListViewItem = Me.ManageList.Items(0)
Dim values(0 To row.SubItems.Count-1) As String
Dim i As Integer = 0
For Each item As ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem In row.SubItems
  values(i) = item.Text
  i = i + 1
Next