>2. Is the grid tied to a table or a cursor.
>Table
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>3. Do you set the properties in code, or do you use the property sheet?
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>Code
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>I need to populate the grid with 4 diferent qualifications for each pupil and i need a total on column7, then, when the grid is complete i'll update another table with all the info on grid.
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>But i need to have the total on column7, if not is so easy, i don't need to calculate nothing, but, i need....
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>Thx in advance

In my message#1310419 I forgot one line:

thisform.grid1.Recordsource='tempnota' && I forgot this
thisform.grid1.column3.controlsource='tempnota.teste'
thisform.grid1.column4.controlsource='tempnota.prova' 
thisform.grid1.column5.controlsource='tempnota.qualit'
thisform.grid1.column6.controlsource='tempnota.outros'
thisform.grid1.column7.controlsource=;
  'tempnota.teste + tempnota.qualit + tempnota.prova + tempnota.outros'

This essentially is all you need, except to set the properties for column width and so on!

By the way, is the table blank when you start entering data? If so, you must add code to add blank records for new entries. And column7 must be readonly.

And please, please... enable auto quote as I explained earlier.