>>>>
>>>>how about
>>>>
>>>>IF RECCOUNT(THIS.RecordSource) = 0
>>>
>>>RECCOUNT ignores SET DELETED status so if I deleted a child record, RECCOUNT will always come back with at least 1.
>>
>>Ok, still trying here...
>>

>>IF EOF(THIS.RecordSource) OR BOF(THIS.RecordSource) OR DELETED(THIS.RecordSource)
>>    GO TOP IN (This.RecordSource)
>>    IF EOF(THIS.RecordSource)
>>       APPEND BLANK IN (THIS.RecordSource)
>>    ENDIF
>>ENDIF
>>

>
>I just realized that if other parent records have child records then this won't work. The only way I can think of that this might work is when the grid for the child records has a RecordSource of a p-view based on the parent record. I'm using a relationship between the parent and child tables. Looks like we need solution#2 :-)

Ahh, you're right. I never use relations, and I often mistakenly presume that nobody else does either. I'm afraid I'm out of tricks...