' ButtonData1 Example ' Show how columns in a dataset can bind to properties other than Text. Imports System.Data.OleDb Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Private c As OleDbConnection Private da As OleDbDataAdapter Private ds As DataSet Private nRows As Integer #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Friend WithEvents picDisplay As System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.picDisplay = New System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'picDisplay ' Me.picDisplay.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.FixedSingle Me.picDisplay.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(24, 16) Me.picDisplay.Name = "picDisplay" Me.picDisplay.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(216, 216) Me.picDisplay.TabIndex = 0 Me.picDisplay.TabStop = False ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(264, 254) Me.Controls.Add(Me.picDisplay) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "ButtonData2 Example" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _ ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load c = New OleDbConnection c.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _ "Data Source=c:\ButtonData.mdb" c.Open() Dim s As New OleDbCommand s.Connection = c s.CommandType = CommandType.Text s.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM ButtonTable" da = New OleDbDataAdapter da.SelectCommand = s ds = New DataSet nRows = da.Fill(ds, "ButtonTable") End Sub Private Sub picDisplay_Paint(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles picDisplay.Paint Dim f As New Font("Arial", 18, FontStyle.Bold) Dim b As New SolidBrush(Color.Peru) Dim r As DataRow Dim x, y As Integer Dim s As String Dim g As Graphics = e.Graphics For Each r In ds.Tables(0).Rows x = r.Item("X") y = r.Item("Y") s = r.Item("Caption") g.DrawString(s, f, b, x, y) Next End Sub End Class