How to get elements from an object in C#?

Question

I am using the AutoCompleteBox in WPF, I populate the suggestions with a List that consists of four fields. When the user selects an item and I reach my eventHandler, i can see that

MyAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem

is an object that has my four values, if i hover this text in the debugger i can see the four values listed, however i don't know how to access these values in the code.

I tried

List<Codes> selected = MyAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem as List<Codes>;

where Codes is my List. selected returns as null and empty every time. Is there a way to get to these values? Thanks!

Answer 1

Can you try:

Codes selected = MyAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem as Codes;

or

Codes[] selected = MyAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem as Codes[];

Answer 2

If you want the listing of items used as the backing collection for the AutoCompleteBox try...AutoCompleteBox.ItemsSource.

Answer 3

It means that you cannot convert whatever MyAutoCompleteBox.SelectedItem is to a List.