Ahmad,

Thanks for the reply. It led me to what I needed to figure out. I figured out that you need to put the classname for the MappingName property. Works ok now.

Thanks
Dan

>Dan,
>
>To format the DataGrid the way you want it you must use the "DataGridTableStyle", review the following code it may help you.
>

>' Load DataGrid
>Me.dgSearchResult.DataSource = myDS.Tables("Search")
>Me.dgSearchResult.ReadOnly = True
>Me.dgSearchResult.AllowNavigation = False
>Me.dgSearchResult.AllowSorting = False
>
>' Now, Add the new DataGrid view
>Call MyAddCustomDataTableStyle_Search()
>
>Private Sub MyAddCustomDataTableStyle_Search()
>        ' Make new DataTableStyle for DataGrid
>        Dim ts As New DataGridTableStyle()
>        ts.MappingName = "Search"
>        ts.ReadOnly = True
>        ts.AllowSorting = False
>        ts.AlternatingBackColor = Color.LightYellow
>
>        Dim TextCol1 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
>        TextCol1.MappingName = "EmployeeID"
>        TextCol1.HeaderText = "EmployeeID"
>        TextCol1.Width = 65
>        TextCol1.NullText = ""
>
>        ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol1)
>
>        Dim TextCol2 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
>        TextCol2.MappingName = "Name_e"
>        TextCol2.HeaderText = "English Name"
>        TextCol2.Width = 150
>        TextCol2.NullText = ""
>
>        ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol2)
>
>        Dim TextCol3 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
>        TextCol3.MappingName = "Name_a"
>        TextCol3.HeaderText = "Arabic Name"
>        TextCol3.Width = 150
>        TextCol3.NullText = ""
>
>        ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol3)
>
>        Dim TextCol4 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()
>        TextCol4.MappingName = "CivilID"
>        TextCol4.HeaderText = "Civil ID"
>        TextCol4.Width = 90
>        TextCol4.NullText = ""
>
>        ts.GridColumnStyles.Add(TextCol4)
>
>        ' Add the TableStyle to the original DataGrid
>        Me.dgSearchResult.TableStyles.Add(ts)
>End Sub
>

>
>HTH
>
>
>>I'm trying to bind a collection to the Windows Forms DataGrid. How do I format the grid to display the columns I want? I've tried creating a DataGridTableStyle object but it doesn't seem to use it. Any ideas?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dan