Can't get a my DataGrid to work .. I'm busted or its busted

[bob]

I cannot seem to display any info with my Data Grid ... the online examples
I have seen 'appear' to say the same thing.
create a DataTable then simply call something like this myDataGrid.Sour ce =
myDataTable. I'm missing something fundemental here cos I get big black
nothing.

here's some code snippets.

public class Form1 : System.Windows. Forms.Form
{
// declarations section

private System.Windows. Forms.DataGrid dataGrid1;
private DataTable myDataTable2;
private DataColumn myColumn2;
private DataRow myRowItem2;

private void Form1_Load(obje ct sender, EventArgs e)
{// create an in memory database
myDataTable2 = new DataTable("Mach ine_Events2");
myColumn2 = new DataColumn("ID" , System.Type.Get Type("System.In t32"));
myDataTable2.Co lumns.Add( myColumn2 );
myColumn2 = new DataColumn("the Time", System.Type.Get Type("System.St ring"));
myDataTable2.Co lumns.Add( myColumn2 );
myColumn2 = new DataColumn("mac hine_state",
System.Type.Get Type("System.St ring"));
myDataTable2.Co lumns.Add( myColumn2 );

myRowItem2 = myDataTable2.Ne wRow();
myRowItem2["ID"] = 1;
myRowItem2["theTime"] = "Some time";
myRowItem2["machine_st ate"] = "Some_State ";
myDataTable2.Ro ws.Add(myRowIte m2);

myRowItem2 = myDataTable2.Ne wRow();
myRowItem2["ID"] = 2;
myRowItem2["theTime"] = "more time";
myRowItem2["machine_st ate"] = "Another_State" ;
myDataTable2.Ro ws.Add(myRowIte m2);

myRowItem2 = myDataTable2.Ne wRow();
myRowItem2["ID"] = 3;
myRowItem2["theTime"] = "yet_more time";
myRowItem2["machine_st ate"] = "yet_Another_St ate";
myDataTable2.Ro ws.Add(myRowIte m2);

dataGrid1 = new DataGrid();
dataGrid1.DataS ource = myDataTable2;

Sorry bout the poor formatting ... when I debug and scroll through the
watch window it certainly appears that myDataTable2 exists and is populated
... datagrid1 doesn't seem to believe so. I dropped the datagrid in with
using VS2003 IDE .. so all the windows form designer code is untouched ...
and it certainly displays the blank DataGrid when I execute ... just not
populated.

regards and tnx for any guidance Bob.

[bob]

OK ... so there are some trees there in that forest ... I'll take my foot
out of my mouth now.

I figured it out ... went bit mad declaring things ... redeclared the
datagrid1 control ...