I have a program where am trying to access a dataset in the main form from a 2nd Winfrom. I have created a form 1 ref but when I use this to access the datatable in the dataset it doesnt seem to work. The following code is for Form 2 and I Movset1 is the dataset in the main form. I then try to use a dataview to access the main dataset. Any help would be appreciated. Code: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Data.SqlClient; using System.Data.Common; namespace MovieDiary { public partial class Form2 : Form { DataView Dv2 = new DataView(); public Form2() { InitializeComponent(); } public Form1 F1 = new Form1(); public void Form2_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { } private void label1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { } private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (textBox1.Text == "") { MessageBox.Show(" Please enter a title to be deleted "); return; } Dv2 = new DataView(F1.Movset1.Tables[0]); F1.dataGrid1.DataSource = Dv2; Dv2.RowFilter = "Title ='" + textBox1.Text + "'"; } } }