Can't convert ListBox.ObjectCollection to a (typed) array

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Published on 2010-04-08T10:36:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/08 10:53 UTC
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I want to convert the items to a String array or the type that I used to fill the ListBox.DataSource. The type has overridden ToString() but I can't seems to get it converted, not even to String[].

String[] a = (String[])ListBox1.Items;
Contacts[] b = (Contacts[])ListBox1.Items;

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