How to pass True/False value to a bound Windows Check Box

There appears to be a problem in passing Boolean values to a Windows Form Checkbox when accessing data via XML Web Services. Note: This problem has been tested with MS-SQL 2000 but not other db's. When you generate a dataset in your web services, VB.NET creates the .xsd for you. In the case of a bit (boolean) value, DBNull is passed, not the table default (usually 0 or false). To overide this behaviour, you must update the .xsd to show a default value.
For example.
The IDE generated .xsd provides the following fields for a table we will call tblSystemMode
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<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Mode_ID" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="Description" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="SYS_REC" type="xs:boolean" />
</xs:sequence>

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You must change the boolean field (SYS_REC) to include a default value to over-ride the DBNull value that will be passed in the above example:
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<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="Mode_ID" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="Description" type="xs:string" />
<xs:element name="SYS_REC" type="xs:boolean" default="0" />
</xs:sequence>
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If you don't default the boolean value, the web services will pass DBNull, and unless the user clicks the checkbox, the DBNull value will be passed back, ( and potentialy fail if Allow Nulls is set to false.
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Hope this helps you in your VB.NET travels!
Paul