suthakar56 wrote: I searched from both.but i didn't get the suitable one.So that only i posted this question. Strange! CP search engine returned the following article as the first result while I searched for "MFC access": Easy way to mix the MFC Document/View and MS Access database applications.[^] I sure did get more relevant results when I modified the search terms. Take a look at the CDatabase[^] class as well for your need. It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini

or find the samba config files... ---- Morgan Gangwere Lead programmer, Unknown Software "Pinky, are you thinking what im thinking?" "I Dunno brain, how many licks DOES it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?" "You want me to calculate that? or should we take over the world?" "ooh! OooooOOOooH! lets find out!"

I wonder why your posting was down voted. I have compensated it. :) «_Superman_» I love work. It gives me something to do between weekends.

yup i agree with hamid, WM_OWNERDRAW gives u full control over the drawing operations. and sorry but i`m not too familiar with the newer Vista and Office 2007 styles

Good! Well done for sorting it out! suthakar56 wrote: As a beginner,I missed the .acf file I've never used an acf file when I've used MS-RPC - I guess the situations where I've used RPC have been simple enough for me to get away without one. Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p