>Hi all
>I have created a Grid with recordsourcetype=Alias & given table name in record source. Grid has seven columns. Now programatically I assign controlsource to each column. For example
>thisform.grid1.column1.controlsource=aliasname.fieldname
>current control of each column is text1
>Grid is readonly & all columns are also readonly.
>Now when I append a record in the table to which grid is bound. All columns are showing data perfectly. But when I check for the text values, it shows nothing.
>(ie if column1 is showing "abcd", text1.value is not "abcd" it is blank)
>I tried this by assigning controlsource proerty of text control also but same result.
>Am I doing anything wrong??
>
>TIA

First of all, text.value will reflect field value of the current table. May be you should also issue grid.refresh. Anyway, if your grid is read-only you probably don't need to check value properties at all?. Instead of this you better check field value of the recordsource.