Mostly because I was unsure of its effect on the predefined column objects.

>Richard,
>You have an SQL. Why not directly using the SQL as recordsource and refresh with:
>
>.RecordSource = .RecordSource
>
>Cetin
>
>>All of the below is contained within a WITH_ENDWITH on the grid.
>>
>>

>>	IF USED('curDisplay')
>>		lnCurrentRow = RECNO('curDisplay')
>>
>>	ELSE
>>		lnCurrentRow = 1
>>	
>>	ENDIF
>>	
>>	lsSQL = 	"SELECT curWorking.UniqueID, curWorking.IsSelected, " +;
>>			"curWorking.Invert, curWorking.IsRestricted, " +;
>>			"!ISNULL(curWorking.Annotation) as HasNote," +;
>>			"TTOD(curWorking.ClearDate) AS ClearDate, curRecon.SWDN, " +;
>>			"curRecon.PrimaryDoc, curRecon.CAAmount, curRecon.DAAmount, " +;
>>			"curRecon.AuditDate, " +;
>>			"curRecon.MachineDate, curRecon.SecondaryDoc, curRecon.Site, " +;
>>			"curRecon.Source, curRecon.GLC, curRecon.ReconMonth, " +;
>>			"curRecon.TransactionType, curRecon.LastRFA " +;
>>		   	"FROM curWorking " +;
>>		   	"INNER JOIN curRecon ON curWorking.UniqueID = curRecon.UniqueID " +;
>>		   	"INTO CURSOR curDisplay READWRITE " +;
>>		   	"WHERE ISNULL(curWorking.MatchedTo) AND " +;
>>		   	"curRecon.RecordType = '" + lsRecordType + "' AND " +;
>>			"ALLTRIM(curRecon.Account + NVL(curRecon.CFI,'')) == '" + lsAccount + "' "+;
>>			IIF(THIS.Parent.chkDisplayCleared.Value, "" ,;
>>				"AND ISNULL(curWorking.ClearDate) ") +;
>>			"ORDER BY " + .SortOrder + " " + .SortDirection
>>
>>	.RecordSource =  ''
>>
>>	&lsSQL.
>>
>>	IF !USED('curDisplay')
>>		MESSAGEBOX("The Display cursor failed. Contact programmer. DO NOT CLOSE THIS!" + CR+;
>>				lsSQL)
>>
>>	ENDIF
>>
>>	.RecordSource = 'curDisplay'
>>	.grcSelect.ControlSource = 'curDisplay.IsSelected'
>>	.grcReversed.ControlSource= 'curDisplay.Invert'
>>...
>>

>>
>>I'm also trying it with the permanent cursor method... BUT I'm running into a case where it's doubling the records. That may be a case of me running through some of the nuances of that method.
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>>>The Form will open and display data. It is happening during a requery of the data source. Similar code works throughout this application with zero problems. I did have a problem at one point with losing my columns but that problem has been solved. This one has just started.
>>>>
>>>>Possibility of a corrupt Form file?
>>>>
>>>>Richard
>>>
>>>What is the source for the grid? Would you please post a bit of code where the problem occurs?
>>>
>>>AFAIK, if you're using local view for your grid and do requery(), the grid should work just fine. I think the similar case would be with remote views, but I'm not certain.