>3. I cannot get the memo field to open << ====== The problem.

One way to put a cursor on a grid is to drop a grid object on a form, declare the recordtype as "alias" and then assign the alias as the source.

Under that scenario we cannot assign methods to a cell click event - for example - to pop the contents of a memo field into an edit box - etc.

What you have to do is take it one more step. You have to set the number of columns to correspond to the data you want to present and then bind each column to a field in the alias. I usually go one step further - I name the column text boxes to correspond with the field names (.txtFieldname).

When your grid is configured like this - a double click may behave as it does in a browse window (it's been so long i am not sure) and pop the memo into an editor - or you can use the cells click methods to programatically do it.