convert papersource.sourcename to papersource.kind

comboPaperSource.SelectedItem = pkSource;

because the SelectedItem property of the DropDownList (the equivalent of the ComboBox in ASP.NET) is read-only.

You'd need to replace it with a line such as this:

comboPaperSource.SelectedValue = pkSource.SourceName;

However, notice that this code will only show the papersources in relation to a printer attached to the server - not the client, which can't be accessed directly for security reasons.

To do the same for the client you'd either need to use javascript or to ask the client to install a custom windows control (impossible, of course, unless the client machine is running Windows).

        PrinterSettings ps = new PrinterSettings();

        PrinterData pd = new PrinterData();

        PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument();

        PaperSource pkSource;

        ArrayList arr = new ArrayList();

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            comboPaperSource.DisplayMember = "Frontoffice";

            for (int i = 0; i < printDoc.PrinterSettings.PaperSources.Count; i++)

            {

                pkSource = printDoc.PrinterSettings.PaperSources[i];

            }

            arr.Add(pkSource);

            comboPaperSource.DisplayMember = pkSource.SourceName;

            comboPaperSource.ValueMember = pkSource.RawKind.ToString();

        }

But is dosent work. you can see i use 2 displaynames, because the first is where i declare which printer i wanna have information from. and secondly there is no data in my combobox.