Naomi,

sorry for being late. I spraind my ankle seriously so I was AFK.

Do I understand the cursor of Adapter.alias is open befor you call CursorFill? This seems the wrong way.
If you need to "reuse" an open cursor in a CA then CursorAttach would do the job. CursorFill will create a new cursor.


I would prefer

Adapter.cursorfill(.t.)
Grid.recordsource = adapter.alias

***
*later
Adapter.cursorrefresh
*to get 

But this would need to set all grids and columns properties via code.

Check also BINDCONTROLS

Agnes
>>Ed,
>>
>>it sounds like you change the recordsource of the grid like
>>
>>

>>*your query
>>.grid.recordsource = 'curSorName'
>>

>>
>>this will remove all columns and create new one. The newly created will know nothing about your preset.
>>
>>consider the use of a CursorAdapter and bud the cursoradapter.alias to the grid.
>>
>>Agnes
>
>Agnes,
>
>I have a CursorAdapter and its alias is a recordsource for the grid. When I execute CursorFill(.t.) for the CA, the grid becomes blank. Should I use safe select approach here or there are other alternatives?
>
>Thanks in advance.