Roland,

You could pass the DataSet when you click on the button to the second form and then set the controls on that form to the DataSet.

>Hi,
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>I using windows form vb.net project.
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>Created two form
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>Form1:
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> SqlConnection, SqlDataAdapter, and Dataset
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> has textbox for entering serach criteria and go search button.
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> Grid to display the dataset.
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>Form2:
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> Textboxes, comboboxes etc for the fields that I want to update.
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>How do you use the second window so that it references the dataset from the first form? I want to click a button and show secord form with all related controls and the proper row that was selected from the grid in form 1.
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>I read about it but can't remember where. Seems like it was one line of code. ??????
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>Thanks
>Roland