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.Net Beginner: Listview, DataGridView, or Whatever else

Hi,

I am new to VB.NET and I am trying to create a simple little application.

I finally figured out ADO.NET (as opposed to just ado) and wanted to now place the retrieved information out onto the form. It could be in a listview (which I tried) or a datagridview which looks pretty complicated unless it is bound beforehand to a datasource.

Oh, I think the problem I had with the listview was, more specifically, that I wasn't able to create a column header no matter how much I tried heh. I believe thats possible, but I am still a little shady on how it works.

I don't know the "right" or best way of doing it, so I am open to suggestions. If someone could help me out (my preference I think would be to make the listview work ) ...

Thanks in advance for your help and input with this.

Regards,
Kelvin

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Kelvin81

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Nick,

It does (as soon as I figure out how to use a datatable.. I believe i just create one out of the data adapter...

additionally... why do you repeate "col1" and "Col2" twice? (I could look it up, but I figured since your already helping....)

Kelvin81

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That was remarkably easy. I created a function that returns a dataset.. so I just set ds.tables(0) equal to my datatable and just went with that and it worked wonderfully. Thanks nick.... although if you want to throw in the freebie about that function would be appreciated ;)

nickhoggard

Hi,

Sorry, my mistake with the columns ... I obviously wan't thinking when I copied and pasted it in :-S

I dont quite understand which function you are asking about in your last comment .. was it the one I just mentioned, or was there something else that you were asking about?

Cheers

Nick

Kelvin81

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("Col1", "Col1", 100, HorizontalAlignment.Left, 0);

seems to have just been a typo.... hehe

nickhoggard

Hi,

I just looked it up to clarify, and it is actually correct ... the first string is the column key, and the second is the text to display.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5eyhefae.aspx

Cheers

Nick