Riley,

>This is what I finally came up with that works but I have to wonder if there isn't a shorter way to reference this value.

No, that's pretty much it.

~~Bonnie


>Thanks for the reply.
>
>This is what I finally came up with that works but I have to wonder if there isn't a shorter way to reference this value. I'm passing a parameter to return the child rows for the child grid.
>
>this.rATRANS1TableAdapter.FillByRamainid(this.dataSet1.RATRANS1,
> this.dataSet1.ramain1[this.mmListBox1.SelectedIndex].ramainid);
>
>Thanks