Add a property to your form - aFlds[1]
Set your combobox rowsourcetype to Array, and the rowsource to ThisForm.aFlds, ColumnCount = 1
In The form load,

AFields(ThisForm.aFlds, "mytable")

Alan


>I am trying to populate a a dropdown box with the field names of a Ds to enable a user to select query Fields.
>
>so i tried to use and arraylist something like this
>
>dim lafldnames As New ArrayList
> For intColumn = 0 To dsGrid.Tables(0).Columns.Count - 1
>
>lafldnames.Add(dsGrid.Tables(0).Columns(intColumn).ColumnName.ToString)
>
>next
>
> DropDownList1.DataSource = Me.lafldnames
> DropDownList1.DataBind()
>
>
>however I get an error
>
>DataBinder.Eval: 'System.String' does not contain a property with the name dsGrid.Tables(0).Columns(intColumn).ColumnName.ToString