You have to use the Win32 API to do this. There are no classes built into the .NET Framework to do it for you. Even if you use VB6, you still have to use the exact same technique. Google results for "vb.net read disk sectors[^]". A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

Take a look through the source code to frhed[^]. One of the versions (can't remember if it's the beta or not) allows for direct-drive access, the code is in C++ but it's not too difficult to convert to C# if you have some experience from calling Win32 APIs. My Blog[^]

I agree with Dave. I suppose if it is too difficult to do something like that in VB.Net, you could write something in the Assembly language? Lloyd J. Atkinson "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere" -ALbert Einstein

Use the normal I/O operation to read the file inside the SD. Use the object File under the namespace System.IO Byez

use Convert.ToByte(yourString,2)

Have a look at the BitVector32[^] structure. It is specifically designed to assist with bit manipulation operations. Paul Marfleet "No, his mind is not for rent To any God or government" Tom Sawyer - Rush

is it really for the ones that r above 60 that means u don't qualify either. at least I'm in the neighborhood of 60 u r in the neighborhood of 0 or -1 maybe. BiG RaLpH

IIRC, you have to force a postback... "I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak

FindControl will return a null reference if no control with the specified name was found. Paul Marfleet "No, his mind is not for rent To any God or government" Tom Sawyer - Rush

it called "Autocomplete".. You can google with this keyword "ASP.NET autocomplete" ASP.NET Autocomplete[^] Example ~ Search autocomplete with ASP.NET AJAX Extensions[^] Thanks and Regards, Michael Sync ( Blog: http://michaelsync.net)

the connection string is: My code is the code u gave me: Dim sConn As String sConn = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("NameofConnection") Dim con As New System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection con.ConnectionString = sConn Dim selectCMD As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Table$", con) selectCMD.CommandTimeout = 30 Dim custDA As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter custDA.SelectCommand = selectCMD con.Open() Dim custDT As DataTable = New DataTable custDA.Fill(custDT) con.Close() the .fill doesn't take the 2 parameters I'm using asp.net 2.0 (maybe there is a difference) BiG RaLpH

Big Ralph wrote: Can You plz give me some code to do just that. As of now there are total 100 articles related to Gridview at the below given link. Do you know?[^] Regards  - J O H N -

How can I clone a gridview thx alot. BiG RaLpH

Good samples (using XMLSS): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319180/en-us[^] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285891/en-us[this is for ASP 3.0 but quite good^] More info about Excel Generation on ASP .net: http://www.tipsdotnet.com/ArticleBlog.aspx?KWID=51&Area=Excel&PageIndex=0[^] Good luck Braulio /// -------------------------      Braulio Díez      tipsdotnet.com /// -------------------------

You can use uint num = Convert.ToUInt16(textBox1.Text, 16); If the textbox contains more than 4 letters and if you want to change each 4 letters in to their uint value, you should first write a text splitter which is very simple with string.substring() function. Best Regards Zafer

Don't cross post in multiple forums. It's unecessary and make it difficult for people to collaborate on an answer. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007

this function is working fine when I click a button but if I put it in the page load it doesn't. On Error Resume Next gv4 = LoginView1.FindControl("GridView4") gv5 = LoginView1.FindControl("GridView5") lbl5 = LoginView1.FindControl("Label5") txtSe = LoginView1.FindControl("txtSearch") Dim fv1 As FormView fv1 = LoginView1.FindControl("FormView1") If LoginView1.FindControl("GridView4").ToString = True Then i = 0 For i = 0 To gv4.Rows.Count - 1 If gv4.Rows(i).Cells(0).Text.StartsWith(gv5.Rows(0).Cells(0).Text) Then gv4.SelectedIndex = i fv1.PageIndex = gv4.SelectedIndex Exit For End If Next sIndex = gv4.SelectedIndex lbl5.Text = gv4.SelectedIndex End If BiG RaLpH