I'm sorry Derek, I'm still not understanding you. Perhaps it would be better to post some code to show what you've got and what you want to do.

~~Bonnie


>Hi,
>Sorry, I misunderstood the detailsview in winform and webform,
>my details view is the view from the data source where the default is datagridview when we
>drag the table from the data source to the winform. I want to use the detail (record) view instead of the datagridview
>for user to input data. I found that many example is refer the control of databridview, no example for
>the (detail) record view, Because I want user to maintain the record one by one.
>
>Please advise.
>
>Derek