Cathi,

Thanks for answering. I don't think I made it clear what my intentions were. I want to bind the text box to a property of the form. No dataset is involved. I'm sure I've done this before (at least I think I have) but I can't find the code or remember how.

Thanks,
Dan

>Hi Dan,
>
>The syntax is the typically the following:
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>textBox1.DataBindings.Add("Text",MyDataSet,"MyTable.PortNumber");
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>>Can anyone help me with a problem of binding a textBox to a form property?
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>>I have:
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>>textBox1.Bindings.Add(new Binding("text", this, "PortNumber"));
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>>I does not seem to work. I've done it before but I can't remember how.
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>>Thanks,
>>Dan