>I understand what you're saying but the problem I have is that VFP tables/cursors are limited to 255 fields, which isn't enough for the 3-day maximum I may need to track. Another way I could go would be to have record info be displayed vertically, instead of horizontally - but I have no idea how to do that.
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>- Gerry

You can go around 255 field limits (i just wonder if grid with so many columns is usable at all) by either adding calculated columns, or setting one-to-one relation to another table.
Surely, vertical grid is availble too, it's just a question of time you are ready to invest here :). Nothing can prevent you from recollecting data from one cursor to another. If you feel comfortable with array manipulation here, no problem again:
Select ... Into Array
*** modify your array (i guess you want to mix rows and columns)
Insert Into ... From Array