is it help http://www.codeproject.com/combobox/print\_preview\_listbox.asp shmuelt tauber ministry of trade Israel

Hehe, thought it was either that or the designer screw'd up the UI :laugh: Give them a chance! Do it for the kittens, dear God, the kittens! As seen on MS File Transfer: Please enter an integer between 1 and 2.

Thank you, Leppie.:laugh:

Shaun Wilde wrote: doesn't this cause the form to update on each text update? On a web form: yes, in a manner of speaking, though you can skip the update code. Page_Load is called, which I think is your question. On a windows form: no, it simply fires the TextChanged event. Form_Load is not called. Paul

with the object- ArrayList - you have to add : using Sustem.Collection;

there are different types of exceptions in the framework, and you can derive your own, but here is a simple way do throw and catch an exception. // to thow an exception throw new Exception("The error text here."); // catch an exception try { // This method throws an exception [as above] if something is wrong SomeFunction(); } catch { MessageBox("There was an error with your input!"); } hope that helps :) :suss: Email: theeclypse@hotmail.com   URL: http://www.onyeyiri.co.uk :suss:"All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors."

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Actually it is a directory. I don't know what the equivelant in c# is or if there is an equivelant, but in mfc you use the SHGetFolderLocation with CSIDL_NETHOOD to access the NetHood directory.