magic. cheers.

Interestingly enough, I see that the first thing this does is start off a new thread. As Christian said, this could well be the issue. Try using Application.ThreadException to catch the exception. Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before. My blog | My articles

Here's one for anyone to look out for in the future (i feel like an idiot) the Description Column should really have been the "Name" column therefore when i loaded the results into the dataset the name column was blank and the description colum was created thanks for your help! A very tired but enlightened Blakey404

you should look into using the params keyword instead of an arraylist. public void MyMethod(params object[] parameters) { //do stuff } When you call it you can pass them in without having to create a list. You can add as many parameters as you want and is great when you need to pass a list as a parameter to a method. Broken Bokken You can't carry out a ninja-style assasination dressed as an astronaut. It's the luminous fabric; too visible. - Tripod http://www.brokenbokken.com

that is EXACTLY what i was looking for... THANKS!

GOTCHA!!! DataRow bishyBashy = ((DataRowView)(this.dataGridViewExistingSecurityLevels.SelectedRows[0].DataBoundItem)).Row;

in case anyone is interested, i finally solved it... if (this.printDialogReport.PrinterSettings.PrintRange == System.Drawing.Printing.PrintRange.CurrentPage) { ... }

:laugh: grumpy contractor :laugh:

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Thats great. Don't worry about the table names - they were hyperthetical - trust me postng the actual query wouldnt have provoked any response it's huge.