>>>>>This is a newbie question. In my project I have a dataset file (MyDataSet.xsd, MyDataSet.Designer.cs, MyDataSet.cs). I need to add a couple of columns to this dataset. I double click on MyDataSet.xsd file in the VS Solution Explorer. I see the MYDATASET image with all the columns. I can right-mouse click and add a column. But how do I specify the type of the new column? In fact, I can't even figure out how to see the type of any of the existing columns.
>>>>>TIA.
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>>>>In the designer :
>>>>Right click on the table choose Add/Column.
>>>>Enter the name
>>>>Right click on the column - Choose Properties.
>>>>Set data type etc as required
>>>>
>>>>Or you could do it the hard(er) way : Right click the xsd file in Solution Explroer , Choose Open With /XML (Text) editor and create your own there :-}
>>>
>>>I presume that when you say "table" you mean the image table in the .XSD designer pain in VS (where you see at the top the name of the DataSet and below the names of the columns. If so, I can add a column as you described; but after I add a column and right mouse click on it, the menu does not have Properties item. This is what I thought and thried the very first time.
>>>You "hard way" approach should work as I see the entire code of the dataset.
>>>Thank you!
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>>Properties works me (VS2012) - but it's a little bit odd - if you right-click on the column name the 'Properties option doesn't always show - you get an editing menu. Should work if you click on the area to the left of the name tho ?
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>You are correct. If I click a little to the left of the name the Property works. Now I know how to do it easy and hard way :).
>Thank you!

Stick to the easy way - modifying the XML directly is all too easy to get wrong :-}