Stephen,

If you start with this. instead of MmTextBox2, you'll get Intellisense so you don't have to type in the MmTextBox2.

~~Bonnie

>>With Intellisence, you don't need it. :)
>
>With my typing I DO ;)
>
>I am taking empty fileds and populating them via:
>MmTextBox2.BindingSource = "SecurityCl1";
>MmTextBox2.BindingSourceMember = "em_first";
>MmTextBox2.Text = (dsEmployee.Tables["employee"].Rows[0]["em_first"].ToString());
>MmTextBox2.DataBind() ;
>
>I have to do this for 15+ boxes. I'd love :
>with MmTextBox2
>.BindingSource = "SecurityCl1";
>.BindingSourceMember = "em_first";
>.Text = (dsEmployee.Tables["employee"].Rows[0]["em_first"].ToString());
>.DataBind() ;