I use it mostly 'cuz I really hate typing FormName.PageFrame.PageName.GridName.thing over and over.
>Only dim memory, as I seldom did front end, but in Controlsource I think I had only pure field names, as record source was set in the parent container.
>Probably both work, but checking is cheap...
>Also I shun "With" - I sometimes create an explicit local pointer var if typing gets uglyor resolve paths get too long.
>
>HTH
>
>thomas
>
>>Perhaps I've been .Net'ing too much, but I can't seem to get a Grid to display the data that it should be showing.
>>
>>Data exists in a cursor 'PersonClass'
>>Grid sits on the 2nd page of a pageframe
>>
>>In the GetInfo method of the form I have:
>>
>>WITH thisform.pfCSO.pgEDU.grdLookup
>> .RecordSource = 'PersonClass'
>> .RecordSourceType = 1
>> .Visible = .t.
>> .ColumnCount = 3
>> .column1.header1.Caption = 'ClassName'
>> .column1.controlsource = 'PersonClass.ClassName'
>> .column1.width = 300
>> .column2.header1.Caption = 'ClassDate'
>> .column2.controlsource = 'PersonClass.ClassDate'
>> .column2.width = 100
>> .column3.header1.Caption = 'Result'
>> .column3.controlsource = 'PersonClass.ClassGrade'
>> .column3.width = 100
>>ENDWITH
>>
>>
>>So, what have I forgotten?
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