get
{
    return Me.Item("DBColumnName");
}

problem is I'm using c#, and I don't have Item...

I use { return this.Item("DBColumnName") }
(or even Item[]) but it's not there...

I have CurrentDataTable, CurrentView, CurrentRowIndex, and CurrentRow but no Item.
I compile I get the following error:
Error 1 'BusinessObjectLib.Customers' does not contain a definition for 'Item' 

I'm thinking that should be in there, what silly thing am I doing wrong?

So, you should be able to access it with:

get
{
    return this["DBColumnName"];
}

If you have a reference to a BO and you ever need to access the field, you can do the same thing:

BOType mybo = new BOType();
string value = mybo["someStringField"];

Just put the brackets directly after the reference, whether "this" or some bo variable.

thanks for the info!