Need help with this GUI

ah ok, will do , ty!

Visual Studio is not able to rename its eventhandlers automatically when you change the name of a control - you have to do this yourself.

The easiest way to do this is to right click on the name of the eventhandler in the code window, select Refactor -> Rename, enter the new name of the handler in the textbox and OK it. This should change it everywhere it's used including the InitializeComponent method.

Vulpes why the  names of the events didn't change? for example in the form1 button1_click remained the same even after i changed the names in form?

Oh yeah you did say that.
Thank you Vulpes, for all that trouble you had to go through.

As I said in my previous post, you'll have to change the DateOfBirth property in the Student class to read/write (yeah, I know you're not supposed to change it), otherwise you're not going to be able to edit it:

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It will then build OK but won't run properly as some code in form1.cs hasn't yet been updated in line with my previous post - button2_Click for instance.

So, I'd go through each method in turn, in the light of the changed names, to make sure you've picked up all the changes as it's quite intricate.

Incidentally, the lines I originally had - checking that there were actually some students remaining in the database before doing anything - are no longer needed as all the navigation buttons will be disabled in this event.

Vulpes, I did it all, but I get a single error!

I re-uploaded the file so its easier for you to see , i changed all the names

http://www.4shared.com/rar/dUztIHti/Student_Viewer.html

Once you open it , you will the error.

Oh thank you Vulpes!

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I am trying to rename all the objects in this GUI, and I am having trouble to figure out what would be the best most descriptive name.

For example( you have to have GUI running) if you click View Students tab you will see First Name label, the textbox next to it named textbox1, well I renamed that textbox1 to viewStudFName. viewStud stands for the tab name and FName is first name, is it good ? or should i rename to to something different?

Yeah, did you see the the 2nd link in my first post? My teacher is Java programmer, and also we just getting in to the Chapter called Using Classes and Objects, so pretty much the chapter about how to create classes , etc. We actually just begin to learn OOP

Just for the record, if you make the highlighted changes to the RetreiveStudents() method, then it should work properly:

public Student[] RetreiveStudents()
{
    Student[] list = new Student[10];
    students.Clear(); // clear list
    FileStream inFile = new FileStream(FILE_NAME, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
    BinaryFormatter binFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
    int index = 0;
           
    while (inFile.Position < inFile.Length)
    {
        if (index >= list.Length)
        {
            list = Expand(list); // need to assign result back to list
        }
        list[index++] = (Student)binFormatter.Deserialize(inFile);
        students.Add(list[index - 1]);
    }
    inFile.Close();
    return list;
}

It's a bit rich asking you to begin method names with a lower case letter when they all begin with capital letters in the PersistantData class. That's the recommended practice for .NET anyway - how many methods have you seen in the framework that begin with lower case letters?. What they're asking you to do is the Java naming standard.

yeah... did you like variable names ?lol

I'll have to go through all of them and rename it, also I have to rename all the objects in the form it self, since they are default names if  i wont change it then my teacher will give me bad grade(maybe C). And this is my last semester in this college so I need to get all A's in all four classes that I am currently taking  otherwise I wont be accepted to a four college due to my GPA being below the limit....

I had fun during few semesters in community college and it killed my GPA so now I am trying to fix all the mistakes I did..... Also the reason I am telling you all this is so you wont think I am stupid or something.. I am good student , just met wrong people at college and it cost me a lot.

Vulpes, anyone?