Thanks for the info. William

Yeah, I am not sure what the "real" answer was to this. I threw it all away, used the MS example from help--then, added my code back in. I could post it upon request. Thanks Anyway. William :)

And, I have "most" of the anwser... First, I created a User Control. Then, I created: public void Save_Content(). Next, I went back to the parent page where the control is placed. I created a Save button there. The click event does the following: private void btnSave_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { m_oLIFTable.Save_Content(); } Also, I created a reference to the User Control where all my other controls are defined: protected LoanTrak.WebForms.Controls.LIFTable m_oLIFTable; The reason that I say "most" of the answer is because the page doesn't quite write the table of these dynamic date objects correctly. The first time through, as you chose a customer off of the parent page dropdown, the grid is filled out correctly. However, subsequent choices create the correct number of rows in this dynamic table, but the information from the previous choice is not completely cleared out. I will work on that...Unless, someone has an idea? Thanks. Sled Dog :~

LongHC, Thank you very much for the solution. Per you comment, it depends...In the land of Knights and Knaves, where Knights always tell the truth and Knaves always lie, you could not be a Knight and a Knave would never offer the truth--therefore, you must be a Paradox. William

No problem - glad to help :) Rob Philpott

Forget it. This was a bad question. I simply put a public dataset on the page of interest and read the XML into the dataset on if (!PostBack). Thanks anyway. Sd

Thanks...I was afraid of that. William

Tom, the flood lights just went on. Thanks for the terminology seperation, too. Page_Unload is not what I needed at all. Best Regards, William

Anonymous wrote: However, when I put that function in as the last statement of my .SelectedIndexChanged event -- I can see the focus go there, but it does not stay because the page gets refreshed again (I suppose). Yes it does. This is why you really can't control the focus from the server-side. The focus must be setup and controlled entirely in client-side JavaScript in your page. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

There is no NullReference Exception in my example, I declare the variables as new at the top of the sub. If there's a memory allocation problem at some point that prevents the variable from being initialized, then the user has way more problems than your app crashing :)

Templates are a new C# feature in VS.Net 2005. I honestly don't know if they will be in VB.NET Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

Nope. Rage is not gone. Rage shows up everytime I go to work... RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

John, while I must confess you have a scary outlook on life, I am most appreciative of your excellent answer before your bullet arrived. Thank you. Willliam

Because you're working within a web page and are subject to the object model exposed by the browser (and you're limited in what you can do anyway). You can either add some client-side JavaScript to the page that uses the screen object or open a popup window using window.open that specifies the initial settings (which you get from the screen object). All major browsers expose such an object (it is part of the HTML DOM, after all). If you need additional help, please ask in the Web Development[^] forum. With client-side scripting, this has nothing to do with C# (which is a managed language you would find either in an ASP.NET server application that simply constructs client-side HTML, JavaScript, images, etc.) or in a Windows Forms control to be hosted in an HTML page (like an ActiveX control). This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Sustained Engineering Microsoft [My Articles] [My Blog]