im writting a control out of the Listbox control provided. This control binds to different user defined types using ItemSource and DisplayMemberPath.

How do i get the selected item text from the listbox?? It returns an object and i do not know what is the type at each point.

The selectedItem of a list box is the Data Object you bind to that row:

 YourDataObject data = Listbox.SelectedItem as YourDataObject;

if(data != null)

{ 

   // now you have access to all the field to your data for that row. If you want to find the text displayed, you access the field that bound to the display UI control

} 

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Aprimo, Inc

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oh, i meant i dont know the type. it may be different type at different pages.

anyway i solved it by reflection. i forgot the existance of it! thanks alot dude