Have you tried making the field protected instead of private yet? Let me know if that doesn't solve this for you.

Chad


>Sorry, I missed a few lines of code there.
>
>

>Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
>   If Page.IsPostBack Then
>      'Do something
>   Else
>      AddNewRecord()
>   End If
>End Sub
>