I have read these sections. I think I understand what they are explaining. I need the form to startup with a populated grid. The nRequery property = 0, do not auto-requery. Could there be anything else out of place?
Below are my 1st and last cursors.

DEFINE CLASS v_vitem AS CDynamicViewCursor
NoDataOnLoad = .T.
lcItemNumber = ""
lcDescription = ""
cCursorSource = 'v_vitem'
ENDDEFINE
.....
DEFINE CLASS v_department_list AS CDynamicViewCursor
NoDataOnLoad = .F.
cCursorSource = 'v_department_list'
ENDDEFINE


Thanks...
Melvin...