Hi guys, I'm just starting to covert over to VB.NET2005 (had been in the dark ages using VB6 until now), and although it is strange to me in a few ways I am getting used to it and liking .net more and more... One problem I am having though, is I am using and unbound DataGridView that I am setting up in-code rather than through the gui, which is all fine and working great, but I am having problems when creating new rows. I have figured out how to do this in two ways, Firstly I can go dgv.Rows.Add() dvb..Rows(dgv.Rows.Count()).Cells("blah").Value = "blah!" Secondly (and the way I want to do it) I can go Dim dgvr As New DataGridViewRow dgvr.CreateCells(dgv) dgvr.Cells(0).Value = "Blah" dgvr.Cells(1).Value = "Blah Blah" dgv.rows.add(dgvr) My problem/question is, I currently have to refer to the cells by number (ie: dgvr.cells(0).va...), but I would much prefer to refer to them by name like I do when i add teh row then mess with it as in the first example - I find using the names will lead to less confusion and neater, more self-documenting code... But why doesnt it work? When I try to do this, and run the app, i get an 'ArgumentExeption was unhandled'...'Column name Blah could not be found' error (and yes, i have checked that i am using the correct name for the cell). Is it that when the row gets created it doesnt create the cells with the same names as the columns?... I dunno... If anyone out there knows how to do this please let me know Thanks in advance and i appologise for the long post

Note that the column names are case sensitive, even though VB isn't. In the example that works, you say "blah", and in the error message, you refer to "Blah." Good luck, SN