First, you know probably that SET RELATION is only relevent when you have the parent table selected, correct?

Second, when you activate the child form is when you probably want to refresh it's grid.

HTH

>VFP 5.0.
>Question about SET RELATION in a grid. So, let's take
>two tables - PARENT and CHILD. Let's make 2 simple forms -
>one form with a grid for PARENT, another form with a grid
>for CHILD. Both forms are modeless and running in Default
>Data Session. No DataEnvironment assigned to forms - all
>table openings and relations are created from outside -
>from Command Window, for instance.
>Now, creating relation from PARENT to CHILD with
>SET RELATION TO SomeKey INTO child
>All fine - while moving a pointer in PARENT, I see only
>the selected records in CHILD.
>When I issue SET RELATION TO without parameters in
>PARENT area, I expect that _all_ records must appear in
>CHILD grid. Oops, they are still few as if the relation
>is still active. Let's try SET RELATION OFF or USE in
>PARENT area. Not much better - records in CHILD grid are
>still "filtered". Refresh method for CHILD form does not
>fix a problem.
>Record pointer in a CHILD grid is movable, we can
>position it on any record by GO TO, but only previously
>selected records are visible, until we re-create a form
>or a grid :(((
>So,how can I restore a pre-relation view in a grid
>without rebuilding it ?
>
>Sergey
>reware@cafe.redcom.ru