>Thanks to all for help in the past. This is a summary of things I've tried since my last query to you. Also, I've reworded the question a bit. I still have no solution yet.
>
>User grid has a check box to select records to process.
> I would like to return to the next record to process after the user has
>processed records that have been checked.
>
>This is the idea I've tried
>1. Keep track of where user stops - via the key for table - Invoice No.
>2. Prior to processing list, skip a record - get that invoice number, store it
>- lnInvNo
>3. process the data and do a tableupdate of underlying view(data source for
>grid) (this does not fail)
>4. do a seek(lnInvNo,'DISPATCH','INVOICENO') where dispatch is name of view,
>and
>invoiceno is an index created when form loads on grid.
>5. Setfocus to the grids, first column first textbox. i.e.
>thisform.cgrid1.column1.text1.setfocus()
>
>However when this is done, the grid gets the focus and not at the record
>selected above, but at the top of the grid.
>
>I have confirmed the above: the seek returns to the right record. Yet once the
>grid gets focus, it goes to the top (aaarrggghhh!)
>
>I have tried the following:
>Added a property to the grid to hold the lnInvNo
>In the gotfocus event of the textbox in column1, I added code to check the
>value
>of the lnInvNo and do the seek above. Again it appears to find the right
>record,
>yet the grid goes to the first record.
>
>I also have added grid refreshes, form refreshes etc to no avail.
>
>Also weird behaivour of grid in debugger. If debugger is on, I cannot select
>any
>record at all. Clicking anywhere on the grid goes to the BOTTTOM (go figure) of
>the grid and stays there.
>
>Any ideas about what is going on?
>
>TIA,
>Mike

Mike,
Probably the problem is with 'refresh'. In a parent-child situation (and if the grid is child) then a refresh on any object that has a controlsource from parent would immediately set to top record in child.
Cetin