Instead of the cell value use grdSummary RecordSource.Field

e.g. crsSummary.cTrackLoc

>I tried passing ncolindex to the dodefault and nothing happened.
>
>the code for the Populate_detail method is as follows:
>

>thisform.grdDetail.RecordSource = ''
>SELECT cjobno,dcreate,dserved,ntotcalls,dtrack,ctrackto,cInstname,ccity,dlastcall,tlastcall ;
>	from cSQLPT1 ;
>	INTO CURSOR cur_detail ;
>	WHERE ctrackloc = ALLTRIM(thisform.grdSummary.column1.cgridtextbox1.Value) ;
>	ORDER BY dtrack DESC, cjobno
>SELECT cur_detail
>GO TOP
>WITH thisform.grdDetail
>	.recordsource = 'cur_detail'
>	.column1.controlsource = 'cur_detail.cjobno'
>	.column2.controlsource = 'cur_detail.dcreate'
>	.column3.controlsource = 'cur_detail.dserved'
>	.column4.controlsource = 'cur_detail.ntotcalls'
>	.column5.controlsource = 'cur_detail.dtrack'
>	.column6.controlsource = 'cur_detail.ctrackto'
>	.column7.controlsource = 'cur_detail.cinstname'
>	.column8.controlsource = 'cur_detail.ccity'
>	.column9.controlsource = 'cur_detail.dlastcall'
>	.column10.controlsource = 'cur_detail.tlastcall'
>	.sethighlightbar()
>	.refresh()
>ENDWITH