>So, I had to resort to an SQL statement to get the data from the underlying tables what were "marked" (not until I saved the data with Tableupdate). This SQL statement fed the report. Then I cleared the "marked" records in the underlying table (leaving them "marked" on the grid when it was refreshed).
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>And yes, I had to set focus OFF of the grid for it to work. What a pain!!! Never saw this "problem" in all the years I've worked with VFP.
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>Now, on to the next change... err.. bug.
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>Thanks everyone!

In VFP9 you can use WITH BUFFERING option to get buffered data. But it may be slow.

Also you disregarded my comment about finding if you selected anything or not.