Maybe that behavior changed between some earlier versions? I know I fought this problem a long time ago, but it never happened after I changed my code to use "safe select".

>Hi Tore,
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>I think your statement (below) is not correct. Setting a grid's recordsource to blank prior to closing and re-opening/creating the recordsource, you preserve all the settings on the grid.
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>>By setting conrolsource to blank and then back to the new cursor, you lose all formatting, dynamicxx stuff, and most other settings which are tied to the columns.