Assign values to ListCheckBox items

[PsCustomObject-2]

Hello,

as per subject I'm building a form with a listcheckbox control in it, my goal would be to have a value associated with each item something like

Checkedlistbox item 1 = 5
Checkedlistbox item 2 = 7
Checkedlistbox item 3 = 4
Checkedlistbox item 4 = 9
Checkedlistbox item 5 = 2

I use these values as a bitfield mask to control some events and would like to have a way to automatically calculate the value based on items checked by the user, so if user ticks checkbox 1, 2 and 4 I would like to store 21 in a variable or output to another control for what it matters.

Maybe I just need a break from this but I could not find a way to do it. Any pointer would be highly appreciated!

[jvierra]

This will load strings of any kind and return the value member.

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[array]$items += [pscustomobject]@{Name='one';Value=1}
$items += [pscustomobject]@{Name='two';Value=2}
$items += [pscustomobject]@{Name='three';Value=3}
$items += [pscustomobject]@{Name='four';Value=4}
$checkedlistbox.DisplayMember = 'Name'

Retrieve the value like this:
$CheckedListBox.SelectedItem.Value

or
$CheckedListBox.CheckedItems | %{$_.Value}

[PsCustomObject-2]

Spot-on!

Thanks a lot, I had to work a bit around summing up the various values (that's my final intent) but that was the easy part!

Appreciate your help.

[jvierra]

Summing is trivial in PowerShell:

$CheckedListBox.CheckedItems | Measure-Object Value -Sum

See attached example.

[PsCustomObject-2]

Thanks appreciate the example, not my final goal but good reference nonetheless