edward,
thanks for responding. i have tried adding This.Refresh to page 2 and it still comes up with a blank grid. part of the problem may be the fact that in addition to marking the records for deletion, i also have a menu option that packs the table to remove the records. i didn't like gaps in the reports from records marked for deletion. so, the user marks the record for deletion on page1 and then goes to page2 to view the data. after the user selects 'remove deleted records' from the menu the grid on page2 goes blank. i am using version3 of VFP. thanks, david