you just build an simple SELECT sql query...For this, you can refer from SQL Book Online which installed along with MS SQL. << >>

You could elect to only draw the lines after there was input from the user, and you could use the user's input to determine where to draw the line? Why not provide text boxes for start and end coordinates, and a button to initiate the drawing of a line. By pressing the button, the user would be indicating that they are satisfied with their origin/termination coordinates. The logic to draw the line would simply convert the text input from the user to integer values, and use those values when rendering the line. The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' ('I found it!') but 'That's funny...’

Check out the System.Drawing Namespace[^], you should fine plenty of classes there to help you perform something like this. - Nick Parker Microsoft MVP - Visual C# My Blog | My Articles

You can use the Parse method on the Int32 class. Something like ... if (textBox1.Length == 5) try { Int32.Parse(textBox.Text); textBox2.Focus(); } catch(Exception) //Substitute correct exception { } } Regards Senthil My Blog

And since it's a thought computer, the thing is going to project an image of Clippy directly into my optical nerves. Great. :rolleyes: Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

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