C# Windows forms Listview selected item

Question

I have a listview in Windows forms populated by a SQL database. i have a button to delete records when selected and it's working fine. but if there is no selected item and i click the delete button i get and error. so i add a messagebox and a condition but a always get - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

so how do i check if there is a selected item in the listview so it enter the If?

thanks

private void btnDelete_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        bool b = this.lvBrands.FocusedItem.Checked;

        if (b == false)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("You must select a brand .", "Brand Select Error",
            MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
        }
        else
        {
            string sID = this.lvBrands.FocusedItem.Text;
            deleteBrand(sID);
            clearBrand(); 

        }    

Answer 1

You can do

if(lvBrands.SelectedItems.Count > 0)
{
//you have something selected
}

Answer 2

You need to check whether FocusedElement is not null before attempting to reference it.

 bool b = false;
 if(this.lvBrands.FocusedItem != null)
 {
      b = this.lvBrands.FocusedItem.Checked;
 }

However, as @bobek pointed out if you are looking for the selected item you should be using the SelectedItem instead of the FocusedItem property. The code would be the same, just using SelectedItem .