>>>Duh. :D Sorry, I have used them for 10+ years, so thought that was the normal behavior. I did not understand what you were complaining about was the controls being read only. I thought you meant that the alias itself was readonly. If it is, a window comes up and tells you that you will not be able to edit the data, because the alias is readonly.
>>>Hope you have an easier time with it now.
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>>How do you handle situations that do not fit the default behavior of the class? The whole parent/child relationship thing isn't always relevent. Have you modified the class or do you use it the way it came?
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>I use the standard class, but I do not have any parent/child forms, so to get around the class code on that, I always have a pageframe on the form, if I am going to have a grid on the form. Any gird on the form goes on a pageframe. The pageframe can be visible or not.
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>HTH
>Beth

So, does the class navigate then for whatever alias is selected, or does there have to be a grid? How does the PageFrame help with getting around the parent/child issue?