I follow the same steps as Neil. I create a form method that configures the grid (usually called something like refreshgrid) and whenever I need to wipe out the data and reload, I call the form method.


>Hi all
>That's a classic grid recordsource question, and i know i have this fixed somewhere, but i gave up finding the code...
>I need to set a cursor as recordsource of a grid. The grid is formatted ( different backcolors for columns, bold font in some places etc... ).
>If i run:

>select .... into cursor myCursor
>thisform.myGrid.RecordSource="myCursor"

>the grid looses all the formatting. Also, should i set each column's controlsource everytime i recreate the cursor?
>
>Thanks
>Jaime