VB.NET - ListView Class

This example requires that you have added the code to a Form and call the method created in the example from the constructor or another method on the form. The example also requires that images named MySmallImage1, MySmallImage2, MyLargeImage1, and MyLargeImage2 are located in the root directory of drive C.

for more details : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.listview.aspx

        Private Sub CreateMyListView()

            ' Create a new ListView control.

            Dim listView1 As New ListView()

            listView1.Bounds = New Rectangle(New Point(10, 10), New Size(300, 200))

            ' Set the view to show details.
            listView1.View = View.Details
            ' Allow the user to edit item text.
            listView1.LabelEdit = True
            ' Allow the user to rearrange columns.
            listView1.AllowColumnReorder = True
            ' Display check boxes.
            listView1.CheckBoxes = True
            ' Select the item and subitems when selection is made.
            listView1.FullRowSelect = True
            ' Display grid lines.
            listView1.GridLines = True
            ' Sort the items in the list in ascending order.
            listView1.Sorting = SortOrder.Ascending
            ' Create three items and three sets of subitems for each item.
            Dim item1 As New ListViewItem("item1", 0)
            ' Place a check mark next to the item.
            item1.Checked = True
            item1.SubItems.Add("1")
            item1.SubItems.Add("2")
            item1.SubItems.Add("3")
            Dim item2 As New ListViewItem("item2", 1)
            item2.SubItems.Add("4")
            item2.SubItems.Add("5")
            item2.SubItems.Add("6")
            Dim item3 As New ListViewItem("item3", 0)
            ' Place a check mark next to the item.
            item3.Checked = True
            item3.SubItems.Add("7")
            item3.SubItems.Add("8")
            item3.SubItems.Add("9")
            ' Create columns for the items and subitems.
            ' Width of -2 indicates auto-size.
            listView1.Columns.Add("Item Column", -2, HorizontalAlignment.Left)
            listView1.Columns.Add("Column 2", -2, HorizontalAlignment.Left)
            listView1.Columns.Add("Column 3", -2, HorizontalAlignment.Left)
            listView1.Columns.Add("Column 4", -2, HorizontalAlignment.Center)
            'Add the items to the ListView.
            listView1.Items.AddRange(New ListViewItem() {item1, item2, item3})
            ' Create two ImageList objects.
            Dim imageListSmall As New ImageList()
            Dim imageListLarge As New ImageList()
            ' Initialize the ImageList objects with bitmaps.
            imageListSmall.Images.Add(Bitmap.FromFile("C:\MySmallImage1.bmp"))
            imageListSmall.Images.Add(Bitmap.FromFile("C:\MySmallImage2.bmp"))
            imageListLarge.Images.Add(Bitmap.FromFile("C:\MyLargeImage1.bmp"))
            imageListLarge.Images.Add(Bitmap.FromFile("C:\MyLargeImage2.bmp"))
            'Assign the ImageList objects to the ListView.
            listView1.LargeImageList = imageListLarge
            listView1.SmallImageList = imageListSmall
            ' Add the ListView to the control collection.
            Me.Controls.Add(listView1)
        End Sub 'CreateMyListView