Need Help Linking Access to my vb

[justinhensel]

i have successfully linked my access database to my vb form. when i go to the solutions explorer and drag the data grid over to the form that goes fine also. then all crap goes wrong. i hit F5 for the run and it shows the database but not the information in it. but when i close the run, go into the design veiw, click on the dataset, and preview it it shows all the information just fine. what am i doing wrong? can anyone help?

[justinhensel]

i used vb back in college in 03 but just started programming again about a month ago. i have visual studio08 but just dont understand it. do u know where i can go back to the old vb versions. i know this isnt about ur question but have no where else to turn to find help

[justinhensel]

where can i find vb 6?

[si_the_geek]

Welcome to VBForums

where can i find vb 6?

You might be able to find it second-hand somewhere like eBay.

However, using VB6 (which was replaced in 2002) isn't a good idea... while you might remember some things from it, finding out new things will be at least as easy with VB.Net - and many things you wont need to bother with, because there are lots of things that are already done for you (such as menu icons, auto-sizing your forms, etc). In addition to that, VB6 is no longer supported, and any programs you make with it may not work on the next version of Windows.



As to your original question, I recommend that you try following the ADO.Net tutorial in our Database Development FAQs/Tutorials (at the top of this forum)