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Can anyone help me fix a InvalidCastException on VS windows forum C#

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Additional information: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Data.DataRowView' to type 'System.IConvertible'.

        private void listgames_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DataRow drgameshop;
            int rowNo;

            rowNo = Convert.ToInt32(lstgames.SelectedValue);   //THIS IS WHERE THE ERROR OCCURS

            drgameshop = dscategory.Tables["Category"].Rows.Find(rowNo);

            lblCN.Text = drgameshop["Category.CategoryNo"].ToString();
            lblSN.Text = drgameshop["Stock.StockNo"].ToString();
            lblSD.Text = drgameshop["StockDesc"].ToString();
            lblQ.Text = drgameshop["Qty"].ToString();
            lblCP.Text = drgameshop["CostPrice"].ToString();
            lblSP.Text = drgameshop["SellingPrice"].ToString();
            lblRL.Text = drgameshop["ReOrderLevel"].ToString();
            lblRQ.Text = drgameshop["ReOrderQty"].ToString();
            lblSupNo.Text = drgameshop["Supplier.SupplierNo"].ToString();
            lblON.Text = drgameshop["OrderDetail.Orderno"].ToString();
            lblQO.Text = drgameshop["QtyOrdered"].ToString();
        }
    }
}

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Fernando Soto

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Kep Deep

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Thanks for the responses. I managed to fix the problem "kinda". I was using too many tables just when i should of been using one table for this forum. Its working fine now.

Fernando Soto

That is great, have a nice day.

sarabande

The solution was not more than to explain the error message and give a hint that the type of the variable listgames might be wrong. As the Author was able to solve the issue by pursuing the hints, the question can be normally closed with an equal split.

Sara