comboboxes.selectedvalue not getting passed to the connectionstring

Hi!

Once again I have hit a brick wall here. I have a combobox in which
the user types the server name and then clicks on button 'CONNECT' to
populate the next combobox which contains all the databases in that
server. Then after the user selects a database, I have another button
that he/she click and I want to retrieve file groups from a specific
table. At this point when he/she clicks on that button I get an
error:


"An error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server.
When connecting to SQL Server 2005, this failure may be caused by the
fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote
connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not
open a connection to SQL Server)"


The error happens at the open line (button8_click):


With cn
            .ConnectionString = "Data Source=" &
comboServers.SelectedValue & ";Initial Catalog=" &
comboDatabases.SelectedValue & ";Integrated Security=SSPI"
            .Open()
        End With


Why am I getting this error? I also noticed that when i put the mouse
over the .connectionstring, the datasource and the initial catalog
are
empty, which they shouldn't be, because I am passing the first
combobox selectedvalue and the second combobox selectedvalue.


How can I passed the values that the user typed in the first box and
selected on the second one? That'll probably solve the problem. I
tried selecteditem but did not work either and gave me the same error
message.


Thank you very much in advanced!


Tammy


Here is all my code from the beginning up to that button that is not
working as it should.


Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Server
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices


Public Class Form1
    Private Declare Function ShellEx Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" ( _
        ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
        ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
        ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Integer) As
Integer


    'Public Class frmSQLConnection


    Private m_objServer As Server
    Public Property SMOServer() As Server
        Get
            Return m_objServer
        End Get
        Private Set(ByVal value As Server)
            m_objServer = value
        End Set
    End Property


    Private m_objDatabase As Database
    Public Property SMODatabase() As Database
        Get
            Return m_objDatabase
        End Get
        Private Set(ByVal value As Database)
            m_objDatabase = value
        End Set
    End Property


    Private Sub Mainform_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load


        Dim objServers As DataTable
        Dim strServer As String


        '---- retrieve a list of SQL Server instances on the network
        objServers = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(False)


        For Each objRow As DataRow In objServers.Rows


            strServer = CStr(objRow("Server"))
            If Not TypeOf objRow("Instance") Is DBNull AndAlso
CStr(objRow("Instance")).Length > 0 Then


                strServer += "\" & CStr(objRow("Instance"))


            End If


            Me.comboServers.Items.Add(strServer)


        Next


        Me.comboDatabases.Enabled = False


    End Sub
    Private Sub button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click


        'Private Sub comboservers_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender
As
System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
comboServers.SelectedIndexChanged


        Dim objConn As ServerConnection


        'If Me.comboServers.Text.Trim.Length() = 0 Then


        objConn = New ServerConnection()


        If Me.comboServers.Text.Trim.Length() > 0 Then


            objConn.ServerInstance = Me.comboServers.Text.Trim()


        End If


        Me.SMOServer = New Server(objConn)


        'End If


        '---- Note: the connection will open when we call our first
method on the Server object


        Me.comboDatabases.Items.Clear()


        For Each objDB As Database In Me.SMOServer.Databases


            Me.comboDatabases.Items.Add(objDB.Name)


        Next


        Me.comboDatabases.Enabled = True


        Me.comboDatabases.SelectedIndex = -1


    End Sub


    'Private Sub comboDatabases_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    Private Sub button8_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles Button8.Click


        comboFilesets.Items.Clear()


        Dim cn As New SqlClient.SqlConnection()
        Dim cm As New SqlClient.SqlCommand()
        Dim dr As SqlClient.SqlDataReader


        With cn
            .ConnectionString = "Data Source=" &
comboServers.SelectedValue & ";Initial Catalog=" &
comboDatabases.SelectedValue & ";Integrated Security=SSPI"
            .Open()
        End With


        With cm
            .CommandText = "usp_DR_Spam_BB_Search_filesets"
            .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            .Connection = cn
            .Parameters.AddWithValue("@Matter",
comboDatabases.SelectedItem)
        End With


        dr = cm.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)


        While dr.Read
            comboFilesets.Items.Add(dr.Item(0))
        End While


        dr.Close()
    End Sub


If I use the following code, I cannot type the server name in the
listbox and we are having problems with the sql server browser in our
site so sometimes it shows the servers and sometimes it doesn't.
That's why I wanted to actually type in the server name and then
populate the databases like I am doing above (that part works fine).


I hope this is clear enough....I know i am babbling at this
point....sorry.


Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Server
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices


Public Class Form1
    Private Declare Function ShellEx Lib "shell32.dll" Alias
"ShellExecuteA" ( _
        ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal lpOperation As String, _
        ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, _
        ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Integer) As
Integer


    Private Sub MainForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'just list local servers, set to false if you want to see all
servers
        Dim dataTable = SmoApplication.EnumAvailableSqlServers(False)
        lstServers.ValueMember = "Name"
        lstServers.DataSource = dataTable
    End Sub


    Private Sub lstServers_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As
System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
lstServers.SelectedIndexChanged
        lstDatabases.Items.Clear()


        If lstServers.SelectedIndex <> -1 Then
            Dim serverName As String =
lstServers.SelectedValue.ToString()
            Dim server As Server = New Server(serverName)
            Try
                For Each database As Database In server.Databases
                    lstDatabases.Items.Add(database.Name)
                Next


            Catch ex As Exception
                Dim exception As String = ex.Message
            End Try
        End If
    End Sub


    Private Sub lstDatabases_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles lstDatabases.Click


        lstFileSets.Items.Clear()


        Dim cn As New SqlClient.SqlConnection()
        Dim cm As New SqlClient.SqlCommand()
        Dim dr As SqlClient.SqlDataReader


        With cn
            .ConnectionString = "Data Source=" &
lstServers.SelectedValue & ";Initial Catalog=" &
lstDatabases.SelectedValue & ";Integrated Security=SSPI"
            .Open()
        End With


        With cm
            .CommandText = "usp_DR_Spam_BB_Search_filesets"
            .CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            .Connection = cn
            .Parameters.AddWithValue("@Matter",
lstDatabases.SelectedItem)
        End With


        dr = cm.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection)


        While dr.Read
            lstFileSets.Items.Add(dr.Item(0))
        End While


        dr.Close()
    End Sub