Hi Martin,

Definitely databind ... it'll make your life easier. <g> I'm not sure how much more control you'd have by not databinding (you have any examples?)

~~Bonnie




>Hi all!!!
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>I have been developing VB apps for a long time now (but new to .NET). And I have always developed my apps w/o binding any of the controls I use to the data sources.
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>A lot of the samples on the MSDN make use of binding (including dot net). I was just curious, which is better? To bind or not to bind?
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>I am sure that someone's going to say "Depend on you needs" but in general you can accomplish the same thing using both methods. It's just that with Binding development time is shorter and with non binding you have more control.
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>Any ideas, inputs, comments, violent reactions 8 )
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>Martin