>>Can someone help me with the correct syntax for this sequence for a grid in a custom container?
>>
>>

>>this._year = curryear + this.yearsadd
>>this.sourcetable = "year1"
>>
>>use (addbs(fileloc) + this.originaltable) in 0 again alias (this.sourcetable) order tip_id
>>
>>select (this.sourcetable)
>local lcFilter
>lcFilter = [year = ] + alltrim(str(this._year))
>*>set filter to year = this._year    && this is the problem line
>set filter to &lcFilter
>>
>>this.grid1.RecordSourceType = 1
>>this.grid1.RecordSource = this.sourcetable
>>this.grid1.column1.ControlSource = this.sourcetable + ".amount"
>>this.grid1.column2.ControlSource = this.sourcetable + ".source"
>>this.grid1.column3.controlsource = this.sourcetable + ".phase"
>>

>>
>>this._year is a property of the class and has public visibility but the filter statement fails anyway.

The square bracket [] is new to me. What does it do and how is it different from framing the fieldname in quotes?