How to make data reader/obj reader valid in program code?

Anyone knows???

I am not sure what you are asking, could you more specific about what it is you are trying to do and how you want it to work?

I want the program to be able to retrieve the specific record from the data base.
Also, to be able to calculate the GPA from the academic record database.

I am still not entirly sure how this should be setup b/c you weren't very clear what tables you had and how they where setup, or how you wanted the end result to be displayed but you should be able to adapt this to what you need. If you don't understand what is going on let me know. I also assume you know that you have to connect to the database through the server explorer first. If you don't know how to do that then let me know and I will post instructions on how to do that.

Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "


'Declare Variables
Dim dt As New DataTable() 'creates new datatable
Dim connstr As String = "Provider = Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source = People.MDB " 'defines connection to db
Dim sqlStr As String = "Select * from Records" 'sql statement to select all records from Records table
Dim dataAdapter As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter(sqlStr, connstr) 'creates data adpater to load information into datatable
Dim Counter, a As Integer 'creates counters

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Load information from table into datatable
dataAdapter.Fill(dt)
dataAdapter.Dispose()

'sets value of a
a = dt.Rows.Count - 1

End Sub

Private Sub btnSearch_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click
'Declare Variables
Dim FName, LGrade1, LGrade2, LGrade3, LGrade4 As String
Dim Grade1, Grade2, Grade3, Grade4, GPA As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim personFound As Boolean = False
'input box for person to search for
FName = InputBox("Enter the First Name of the person to search for.")
'searches through datatable for match
For i = 0 To (dt.Rows.Count - 1)
'if found loads rowindex's records into textboxes
If CStr(dt.Rows(i)(1)) = FName Then
personFound = True
Counter = i
txtFName.Text = dt.Rows(Counter)(1)
txtLName.Text = dt.Rows(Counter)(0)
LGrade1 = dt.Rows(Counter)(2)
LGrade2 = dt.Rows(Counter)(3)
If LGrade1 = "A" Then 'this determines the grade point value of the grade for the first grade
Grade1 = 12
Else
If LGrade1 = "B" Then
Grade1 = 9
Else
If LGrade1 = "C" Then
Grade1 = 6
Else
If LGrade1 = "D" Then
Grade1 = 3
Else
Grade1 = 0
End If
End If
End If
End If
If LGrade2 = "A" Then 'this determines the grade point value of the grade for the second grade
Grade2 = 12
Else
If LGrade2 = "B" Then
Grade2 = 9
Else
If LGrade2 = "C" Then
Grade2 = 6
Else
If LGrade2 = "D" Then
Grade2 = 3
Else
Grade2 = 0
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
GPA = (Grade1 + Grade2) / 6 'this assumes both classes are worth 3 credit hours
txtGPA.text = GPA
Next
'not found displays messagebox stating could not find
If (Not personFound) Then
MsgBox("Cannot find the requested person")
End If

End Sub

End Class