>>Thanks Steve,
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>>I have tried deleting the grid, delete the table from the DE, reindexing the table, reentering the table to the DE, and resetting up the grid in the form and it still does not work.
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>>Further analysis indicates that the problem may lay in the index. The original index was the record id for the table which is an interger. I needed to add two character fields to the index which I did as so:
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>>Str(tablename.recordid,4,0)+tablename.field1+tablename.field2
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>>This is where it blows up. Apparently the grid will not recognize the comgination index. ????? By the way it is a regular index. Any thoughts??
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>>bb
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>i have no experience with DE. with a DE, do you still set the grids recordsource, recordsourcetype, relationalexpr, childorder, and linkmaster properties. if you do have to set them, what are their values?
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>brenda

Brenda,

Those properties are set with the cursor name that you set in the DE. The DE is simply a collection area for table & view cursors. The method I wrote simply lets you add one on the fly. You should try using it. It'll open and close tables & views automatically for you if you want.

Steve