i bet $5 u have a system with on board gfx support that uses shared memory instead of a gfx card.

Have a look at the XmlTextReader class. Use MoveToFirstAttribute, MoveToNextAttribute and ReadAttributeValue methods to read the value for each attribute. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.xml.xmltextreader.aspx Paul

String is .NET CTS type where as string is built in C# datatype which virtually means String just like Int32 struct and int, Bottom line both are the same

Suppose myCombo is the name of your dynamically created control....then add a Event handler like this.... myCombo .SelectedIndexChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.cmbDynamicNameCombo_SelectedIndexChanged); Now put your code in cmbDynamicNameCombo_SelectedIndexChanged Tirtha Miles to go before I sleep