>Hi,
>
>I have a form with a tabe and a grid, the grid's Column and Header properties and the Control Sourse
>are setup in the init event as follow:-
>
>The table is open in exclusive because I need to ZAP it in the INIT event.
>In some case, I need to close the table and re-open it, when I close the table and re-OPEN it
>the grid control become blank, all properties are gone.
>
>Why ?
>
>How can I re-Open the table without reset the grid control properties ?
>
>Please advise.
>
>Thanks.
>
>

>* INIT Event
>WITH thisform.Pageframe1.Page1.grdCuslot 
>		.RecordSource = "cuslot"
>		.ReadOnly = .T.
>		.DeleteMark = .F.
>		.GridLines = 3
>		.HighlightStyle=1
>		.HighlightBackColor=RGB(233,210,255)
>		.HighlightForeColor=RGB(0,0,0)
>		.Column1.ControlSource="cuslot.cuslotno"
>		.Column1.Header1.Alignment = 2
>		.Column1.BackColor =RGB(196,255,196)
>		.Column1.Header1.Caption="Lot No."
>		.Column1.Header1.FontBold =.T.
>		.Column1.Header1.FontItalic = .T. 		
>		.Column1.Width = 120
>	
>		.Column2.ControlSource="cuslot.itmcode"
>		.Column2.ReadOnly=.T.
>	                 Column2.Header1.Caption="Item Code"
>		.Column2.Header1.FontBold =.T.
>		.Column2.Header1.FontItalic = .T. 
>		.Column2.Width = 100	
>		
>		.Column3.ControlSource="cuslot.packing"
>		.Column3.Alignment = 2	
>		.Column3.Header1.Caption="Packing"
>		.Column3.Width = 90
>ENDWITH
>

Before closing the underlying table unbind the grid using RowSource = '' line and then re-bind with your current code again after the table is opened again.