Get LV column index by column header text?

OK this works...,

Code:

' setup LV

ListView1.View = View.Details

ListView1.AllowColumnReorder = True

ListView1.Columns.Add("A")

ListView1.Columns.Add("B")

ListView1.Columns.Add("C")



' Get column index by column header text

Dim i As Integer = GetLvColumnIndex(Me.ListView1, "B")

Debug.WriteLine(i)



Private Function GetLvColumnIndex(LV As ListView, HeaderText As String) As Integer

        For Each c As ColumnHeader In LV.Columns

                If c.Text = HeaderText Then

                        Return c.DisplayIndex

                End If

        Next c

        Return -1

End Function

But isn't there a simpler way to do the same thing?
I tried it like this, no syntax errors,..

Code:

Dim j As Integer = Me.ListView1.Columns("B").DisplayIndex

Dim i As Integer = Me.ListView1.Columns.Item("B").DisplayIndex

But both fail to run, Object reference not set to an instance of an object.