OK...I'm having a "stupid" day. I understand what you are saying but I'm not sure how to fix it.

I have tried this, but I don't get anything in the grid. So I assume I'm not still not populating the table.

string fileName = "d:\\development\\pda\\dotnet\\arcusp.xml";
DataSet newDS = new DataSet();
DataTable newTable = new DataTable("arcusp");
newTable.Columns.Add("item", typeof(string));
newDS.Tables.Add("arcusp");
newDS.ReadXml(fileName, XmlReadMode.IgnoreSchema);
grdIntoStock.SetDataBinding(newDS,"arcusp");

Thanks again for the help

Alan