Adding items to listview control (Data)

Question

Good afternoon I am trying to add items to a list view from an external datasource via an ODBC connection. All of that is working fine. The question I have is ... How can I set up the column headers in my list view ahead of time then have the items I add in to the list view line up with the columns I have created? I am using ODBC .NET DataReader.read() to read the information from the external datasource. I can successfully do a while loop to add all entries from the database in to the list view I am just having a problem trying to figure out how to use columns. Is there a better way to do this? Also is there a way to use the DataReader.read() with a DataGrid. Yes I know there are many methods to use the DataGrid specifically with a DataSet (fill) etc. However the ODBC connection I am using continues to fail anytime I try to fill a dataset. Any assistance would be very much appreciated. Thank you

Boblysan · Answer

I guess that's where I am running in to the problem. When I go to add the items in to the list how do I get each field within my DB table to align under the appropriate column in my list view? Thank you

oblivion_lurks · Answer

hey bob!! you can set up the columns up during design time. there is a little property for the list view that says columns. when you click in the text box an ellipses button will appear. just click on that button and form will pop up allowing to add columns set their properties ect...!! then when add items to the list view under the columns they will automatically align.