hello Marcie, thanks for all your help today..! ok, maybe i'm going about this all wrong, as i fix one thing only to be not able to do something else. i implemented your suggestion and it worked. i set the DataKeyField with the field name from the table the data is coming from and that worked. it probably wasn't set since i just make a data connection, make a SQL query and populate the grid. now it doesn't like the next line of code which is supposed to pull the data from the cell\Textbox that's being edited. but i get 'arguement out of range'. so i think it can't find the text box. string newResValue; TextBox textBox; textBox = (TextBox)(e.Item.Cells[3].Controls[0]); maybe i should give a little background here as perhaps i'm doing this all wrong. i'm creating all the columns programatically except for the Edit column (property builder for that). they are all BoundColumns. as stated before i make a SQL query and get a dataset from a Data tier i have here and populate the columns with the BoundColumn.DataField property. i'm doing this all manually as that's the advice articles i've read give, plus i need the ability to control the width of the columns. see below for how i'm doing this. string strSQL = "SELECT RESOURCES.ResName,RESOURCES.ResValue,RESOURCES.ResComment FROM RESOURCES INNER JOIN PROJECTID ON RESOURCES.ProjectIdentifier = PROJECTID.ProjectIdentifier "+ "WHERE (PROJECTID.ProjectName = '"+strProjectName+"')"+ "ORDER BY RESOURCES.DateCreated"; dataSet = dataAccess.GetDataSet(strSQL,conn); DataTable dt = dataSet.Tables[0]; //populate datagrid this.DataGrid1.AutoGenerateColumns = false; System.Web.UI.WebControls.BoundColumn column1 = new BoundColumn(); column1.HeaderText = "Resource Name"; column1.DataField = "ResName"; column1.Visible= true; column1.ReadOnly = true; this.DataGrid1.Columns.Add(column1); i just repeat the code to create the other columns leaving the last column to be edited. however, doing it this way doesn't seem to allow me to create TemplateColumns and pass them data like i do with the BoundColumns as there's no DataField property. so i seem to be caught somewhere in the middle ground of doing things programmatically and letting VS do it by setting some properties..:( your thoughts are greatly welcomed. thanks, Orion ps. if you've gone home already, have a good weekend and happy valentines.. Orion orion.buttigieg@Teamplate.com www.Teamplate.com

i must always remind myself to keep things simple. on web forms you can use a listbox. a list box has both a text property and value. i set the url into the value property and set the text to whatever i want. the scroll bar is there. on the selected event i just have to grab the value from the selected item and throw that into a java script line to open that url in a new page. works like a charm and not much extra code. it doesn't show up as a hyper link but that's ok. i can always put a tool tip that tells them to click on an item. thanks for everyone's help and suggestions. :) Orion Orion orion.buttigieg@Teamplate.com www.Teamplate.com

Anonymous wrote: IMHO the popularity of Interop is far more of an obstacle to easy crossplatform ports than which library Mono is using to implement winforms. How do you show winforms then on Unix ? Surely the BSTR to String interop marshalling helps you a lot.:confused::zzz::wtf: How low can you go ? (MS retrof_u_ck)

sorry.., yes just simply transfering a file over the internet from my client to my server. Absolutely nothing to do with a web pages. i'm sure i'm missing something obvious. although every example i look at is from web page to web page. i am trying to put the file in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\SomeDirectory, but again has nothing to do with web sites. these files are dll's and source code files. Orion

just to be clearer, sorry. presently the dll's are being saved on the client. i can get to them no problem. its sending them across the wire that's a problem. i keep thinking HttpWebRequest is the way to go because i can state the URI. and in this case the files are going to a virtual directory. although its the content type that's got me since these are not text files. thanks, Orion

it sort of works, but now the value i'm adding to the sub item/second column doesn't go in... back to the drawing board and thanks:) Orion

Thanks Eric, I will.. :) Orion

James, Thanks! that works. Yes Simplicity rules yet again. now i feel like a dumb ass,, but i don't care it works ;~)) Orion

Orion Buttigieg wrote: your right. my apologies No worries. Just saves us time. Orion Buttigieg wrote: the ICodeCompiler doesn't have any properties i can set. and the dll will be written before its assigned to the CompilerResults object. Ideally i'd like to write it to the MS temp directory Actually, I've not worked through the demo and haven't needed to do what you're talking about. If nobody has figured this out by the time I get home (I'm on the way to pick up kids now), I'll look at it tonight and try and help. Cheers, Tom Archer Author, Inside C# A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.