Nice trick. So

USE companys
SELECT 0
loform=CREATEOBJECT("form")

creates a grid w/o anything?

>Just a quick update - I did not know this before but if you instantiate a grid on a form, it *assumes* the recordsource whatever table/view is open in the current workspace if you do not specify this specifically in the setup e.g.
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>USE companys
>loform=CREATEOBJECT("form")
>loform.AddObject("TestGrid","grid")
>? loForm.testgrid.RecordSource
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>Result: .Recordsource = "companys"
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>I would have thought .Recordsource would be empty if not explicitly set on the designer screen.
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>Albert