MDI app with Database access

[Gymnast]

I have an MDI app; This app has 2 forms Form1 and Form2 Form1 has a ComboBox, ComboBox1, which is bound programmatically to a database; Form2 has a textbox that should display the combobox selection in Form1. Essentially, what I would like working is: In the Form1 Button1_Click event, Dim f2 as New Form2 f2 = new Form2 f2.TextBox1.Text = Me.ComboBox1.SelectedItem.Text But this does not work. So I used a Shared variable to retrieve the value of the combobox selection and use that as the value for the textbox in Form2. Public Class Class2 Private Shared meetName As String Public Sub New(ByVal mName As String) meetName = mName End Sub 'Assign Combobox selection to the variable, used in the constructor 'Provide access to NameOfMeet Property Public Shared Property NameOfMeet() As String Get Return meetName End Get Set(ByVal value As String) meetName = value End Set End Property End Class In Form1 Button_Click event: Dim obj As Class2 Try 'Instantiate Form2 Dim f2 As New Form2 f2 = New Form2 obj = New Class2(Me.ComboBox1.SelectedText) ‘While I have instantiated the Class2 (obj), I have not used it anyplace. Is this right? f2.TextBox1.Text = Class2.NameOfMeet f2.Show() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox("Error: " & ex.Message) End Try End Sub With this code, I get the following display in the Textbox in Form2 (where I would like the ComboBox selection from Form1 to display) .. “System.Data.DataRowView”. Your help is appreciated. Thanks, Gymnast

[Kschuler]

It has to do with how you are loading items into your ComboBox control. You must be binding to a DataSource. You may have to set the ComboBox.DisplayMember and ComboBox.ValueMember and then reference the ComboBox.SelectedValue instead of ComboBox.SelectedItem. Perhaps researching these will point you in the right direction. Hope this helps.