Hi Bill,

Thanks for your reply. My code is as follows.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace NTIMS
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=.;Initial Catalog=WelkinDB;Integrated Security=True");
        SqlCommand cmd;
        DataTable dt;
        SqlDataAdapter da;
        private ListView listView1;
        private Button button1;
        DataSet ds;
        static void Main()
        {
            new Form1();
        }
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.listView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ListView();
            this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // listView1
            // 
            this.listView1.HideSelection = false;
            this.listView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 12);
            this.listView1.Name = "listView1";
            this.listView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(508, 278);
            this.listView1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.listView1.UseCompatibleStateImageBehavior = false;
            this.listView1.UseWaitCursor = true;
            // 
            // button1
            // 
            this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(13, 303);
            this.button1.Name = "button1";
            this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 23);
            this.button1.TabIndex = 1;
            this.button1.Text = "Fill List";
            this.button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
            this.button1.UseWaitCursor = true;
            this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            // 
            // Form1
            // 
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(533, 338);
            this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
            this.Controls.Add(this.listView1);
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Form1_Load_1);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listView1.Items.Clear();
            this.listView1.Columns.Add("ID",10);
            this.listView1.Columns.Add("Surname", 70);
            con.Open();
            cmd = new SqlCommand("Select * from student", con);
            da = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd);
            ds = new DataSet();
            da.Fill(ds, "testTable");
            con.Close();
            dt = ds.Tables["testTable"];
            int i;
            for (i=0;i<=dt.Rows.Count - 1;i++)
            {
                listView1.Items.Add(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[0].ToString());
                listView1.Items[i].SubItems.Add(dt.Rows[i].ItemArray[1].ToString());

            }
        }
         private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            listView1.Columns.Add("ID", 20);
            listView1.Columns.Add("Chinese Name", 40);
            listView1.View = View.Details;
        }

        private void Form1_Load_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }
    }
}

Ben


>>I created a form in C# in Visual Studio. I found that the form won't pause and I was not able test each button on the form. How do I make the form pause so that I can push on each button?
>>





>>TIA
>>Ben
>>
>>
>>>Hi Ben.
>>>
>>>>I'd like to ask you a question 'is there any command in C# is equivalent to VFP "Read Events"?'. Maybe you have an answer in your book but I didn't find.
>>>
>>>No, there isn't.
>>>
>>>Doug
>
>How are you showing the form?
>Put the code here