>>>Hi,
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>>>I want to show a container in a grid. I have done it before and it worked. But this one does not work.
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>>>Here is what I did:
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>>>I created a container with some labels and textboxes. Then I set the grid column1 currentcontrol to this container. Then I removed the default text control from the grid. So now the grid has just one column with the currentcontrol pointing to the container name. I set the column Sparse to .F. (although I even tried .T. with the same results). I set the grid ColumnCount to 1.
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>>>When I run the form, the records of the base cursor are shown in the grid with many columns. As if the container within the grid does not exist.
>>>
>>>What else could I check?
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>>I presume you're setting this up at design time, and at runtime the grid appears to "reset" itself? If so, that sounds like you're running into "grid reconstruction"
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>I think you are right. But I don't know how to prevent it. I think I ran into this issue before; just need to remember how I resolved it. At least now I know where to focus. Thank you.

Have you tried "disassociating" the grid from the record source (e.g. setting recordsource to blank), just before something like a requery() (or anything else that might be rebuilding the table, such as PACK), then reassigning the record source?