for problem one can you paste your code your should have somthing like ComboBox.DisplayMember = "table.colum" ComboBox.ValueMember = "table.colum2" Private Sub ComboBox_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ComboBox.SelectedValueChanged TextBox.Text = ComboBox2.SelectedValue End Sub this should give you whatever record is in colum2 when colum one is selected make sure you spell the table and colum values right or it WILL give you just the text a good trick is if you are setting programically get the values by setting in designer first then just copy and paste

If this does not work why not just use a varible as a counter if you creat it as a user varible it will hold even when the program shuts down. that way if you need to you can reset it programicaly the only problem i could see with this is if you jumped the app to a different system but using the same db

Try using the insert command instead update... you need to creat the some odd thousands of records not update 0

Have you considered not going through the parent program instead creating a whole new app that opens the parent using a totally transparent form and just making it look likt the buttons are part of the parent but really being contoled by yours

I am not to up on gmail but did you try zipping it