Class/Form Instance Problems

[csharpequalsjava]

I want to display data from a DataSet i have created in visual studio in a dataViewGrid.

I want to read data into the DataSet in tables from an XML file at runtime, and to be able to access the dataset from various different forms/classes.

I have tried to create an instance of the typed dataset i have created, but i cant find a way of accessing it unless its declared in the same class. I want only one instance of the dataset to maintain the data integrity, so passing multiple instances of the dataset to classes as params is not acceptable.

I have tried created an instance of the dataset in one class, and accessing it from another class using the someClass.dataset syntax to no avail.

How can i get around this problem of my dataset not existing in the context i want to use it?

Any help.... PLEASE!

[rliq]

Nice ID, but it could not be further from the truth... unless you follow it with ...javaequalsCplusplus4dummies ;) I'm dead...

When you 'pass' the DataSet to other classes, you will only be passing a reference to it, not another copy. There will only be one copy of the DataSet, so any changes will be reflected across all references.

I do not understand why you would not be able to put it in a class and and then access it from a member function/property. Can you post some example code, remember to put it between [C O D E] code here and [/ C O D E] tags (with no spaces).

Also, remember that the DataSet itself is an object (instance of a class)...

[vcdebugger]

try to declare a one single static dataset object and use it in all places you need it..