DataBinding to a Sequential File

[Tom McLaughlin]

I am new to vb.net and I am running into problems understanding
DataBinding and its concept. The only examples I find are always
talk about Web design, I only want to use this data on my
standalone computer. So my question is:

I have a sequential file that contains data, is there a way to
load this data into a DataGrid control?

If the answer is yes, then how do I accomplish this?

I am using vb.net the standard version 2002.

Thanks

Tom

[Jack Peacock]

"Tom McLaughlin" <tbmcl@cwnet.com> wrote in message
news:uvTam0o8DHA.1936@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> I have a sequential file that contains data, is there a way to
> load this data into a DataGrid control?
>
> If the answer is yes, then how do I accomplish this?
>

Is your sequential file structured? Comma delimited, tab delimited, or
fixed length fields in every line? If so you might be able to use the MS
Text ODBC driver to read in your file using a DataConnector for the ODBC
driver, then fill the DataSet and bind it to the DataGrid.

If your text is unstructured you'll have to set up a StreamReader to read
the file and parse the lines of characters into rows and columns in a
DataTable, then bind the DataTable to the DataGrid.
Jack Peacock