dataview issues

[rbirnesser2]

I am having some problems regarding the dataview object in vb.net. I have a search form built that searches a table called customers and what i want it to do is it finds more then 1 result it will display a a datagrid with the results which works fine but if it only finds one result it will show a databounded form to a dataview which has a relationship to the quotes table and displays all the quotes for that customer. When it only finds one record it displays it fine but i have code that takes values from the child rows and sends them to a function and displays the returned results in a grid column and when i execute that function it throws an exception sayin cannot create child list for field customers any ideas ? below is the code that displays the grid column and below that is the function that i call which is well tested and returns the right values. any help will be greated appreciated thanks It works fine when i had the form bounded to the corresponding dataset!

Public Sub DispBldgSize()
Dim myIndex As Integer = BindingContext (myDv, "customers").Position
Dim myHeight As Double
Dim myDvChd As DataView
Dim myDvRow As DataRowView
Dim myWidth, myLength, myDoor As Integer
Dim myChild As Object = myDvChd.Item(myIndex).CreateChildView("custquotes")
For Each myDvRow In myChild

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_width")) Then
myWidth = 0
Else
myWidth = myDvRow("bldg_width")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_length")) Then
myLength = 0
Else
myLength = myDvRow("bldg_length")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_height")) Then
myHeight = 0
Else
myHeight = myDvRow("bldg_height")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("door_height")) Then
myDoor = 0
Else
myDoor = myDvRow("door_height")
End If

Next

myDvRow("bldg_size") = CalcBldgSize(myWidth, myLength, myHeight, myDoor)
End Sub

Public Function CalcBldgSize(ByVal bWidth As Integer, ByVal _
bLength As Integer, ByVal bHeight As Double, ByVal dHeight As Integer) As String
Dim myHeightI, myHeightF As Integer
Dim mySize As String, myFraction As Double

If bWidth = 0 Or bLength = 0 Or bHeight = 0 Then
CalcBldgSize = "N/A"
Else
bHeight += (dHeight / 12)
myHeightF = Conversion.Fix(bHeight)
myFraction = bHeight - (Conversion.Fix(bHeight))
myHeightI = Math.Round(myFraction * 12)
mySize = bWidth & "' W x " & bLength & "' L x "

If myHeightI = 0 Then
mySize &= myHeightF & "' H"
Else
mySize &= myHeightF & "' " & myHeightI & ControlChars.Quote & " H"
End If
CalcBldgSize = mySize
End If
End Function

[rbirnesser]

I am having some problems regarding the dataview object in vb.net. I have a search form built that searches a table called customers and what i want it to do is it finds more then 1 result it will display a a datagrid with the results which works fine but if it only finds one result it will show a databounded form to a dataview which has a relationship to the quotes table and displays all the quotes for that customer. When it only finds one record it displays it fine but i have code that takes values from the child rows and sends them to a function and displays the returned results in a grid column and when i execute that function it throws an exception sayin cannot create child list for field customers any ideas ? below is the code that displays the grid column and below that is the function that i call which is well tested and returns the right values. any help will be greated appreciated thanks It works fine when i had the form bounded to the corresponding dataset!

Public Sub DispBldgSize()
Dim myIndex As Integer = BindingContext (myDv, "customers").Position
Dim myHeight As Double
Dim myDvChd As DataView
Dim myDvRow As DataRowView
Dim myWidth, myLength, myDoor As Integer
Dim myChild As Object = myDvChd.Item(myIndex).CreateChildView("custquotes")
For Each myDvRow In myChild

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_width")) Then
myWidth = 0
Else
myWidth = myDvRow("bldg_width")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_length")) Then
myLength = 0
Else
myLength = myDvRow("bldg_length")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("bldg_height")) Then
myHeight = 0
Else
myHeight = myDvRow("bldg_height")
End If

If IsDBNull(myDvRow("door_height")) Then
myDoor = 0
Else
myDoor = myDvRow("door_height")
End If

Next

myDvRow("bldg_size") = CalcBldgSize(myWidth, myLength, myHeight, myDoor)
End Sub

Public Function CalcBldgSize(ByVal bWidth As Integer, ByVal _
bLength As Integer, ByVal bHeight As Double, ByVal dHeight As Integer) As String
Dim myHeightI, myHeightF As Integer
Dim mySize As String, myFraction As Double

If bWidth = 0 Or bLength = 0 Or bHeight = 0 Then
CalcBldgSize = "N/A"
Else
bHeight += (dHeight / 12)
myHeightF = Conversion.Fix(bHeight)
myFraction = bHeight - (Conversion.Fix(bHeight))
myHeightI = Math.Round(myFraction * 12)
mySize = bWidth & "' W x " & bLength & "' L x "

If myHeightI = 0 Then
mySize &= myHeightF & "' H"
Else
mySize &= myHeightF & "' " & myHeightI & ControlChars.Quote & " H"
End If
CalcBldgSize = mySize
End If
End Function

[Serious]

Try to use untyped DataSet. You can manually create tables and columns using Collection Editor. Create table with additional column and fill this column with your values (returned by the CalcBldgSize function).
Additional information can be found in MSDN library.