Pamela,

>Typically creating a custom grid class for each view so that I can just drop it on any form that needs the view.

duh, that didn't come out quite right...

I typically create a custom grid class by dragging a view onto a form, tweaking it and then use SaveAsClass. Then I finish setting the class properties in the class designer just to give me a reuseable component for any form that will want to display the view.

A simple Requery() of the view and a grd.Refresh() is all it takes to keep the grid in synch with the parent table navigation. There is no need to mess around with or reset any grid properties or RecordSource at all.