>>>I just wanted to share some code from an idea I implemented to create and easy way to programmatically bind columns in my grids to a cursor, with a few other cool tricks too, like calculated fields and Casting to control decimal formats.
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>>>See what you think... http://therealmattslay.blogspot.com/2009/12/grid-column-databinding-feature-for-vfp.html
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>>Matt,
>>Isn't it easier just to simply assign the recordsource. Columns would be automatically bound in the order they are in cursor.
>>Cetin
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>Well, sometimes my cursor has columns that I do not want to display in the grid (primary keys and foreign keys and other data that I just don't want to show).
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>Plus, I may also want calculated columns, like (total = qty * price) (rate = laborcost / labor hrs). The columns required to do the calculations are in the cursor, but not the total or rate columns. I could add them to the sql , but who knows if this is good or not, if you do not have access to change SQL query.

Hmm, still what I said applies:) Create your SQL placing those columns you don't want to show being at the end. You can use less columns than the fields and simply set only calculated columns' controlsources.

Cetin