wpf: getting combobox value

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Published on 2010-04-06T17:43:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 18:03 UTC
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I have a WPF ComboBox named cbFileSize. I try to get is selected value like so:

string tmp = cbFileSize.SelectedValue.ToString();
MessageBox.Show(tmp);

But tmp gets set to "System.Windows.Control.ComboBoxItem: 16".

Which function should I use to just get the value "16"?

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