Hi, Edward:

Ok I *think* I got it.

I placed a SUM statement in the refresh() of the total field. Looking back at VFP help, I note that SUM only works in the current work area, so I had to bracket the SUM statement with SELECT and SELECT (shades of dBase III!)

This worked Ok when editing a record, but not when adding a new record it would display OK, but wouldn't update with the total of the new value. So, I also call this method from the ACTIVATE() of the FORM, which fires this off again when returning from the little form that allows the user to popuplate another line of the grid. (they don't edit the grid directly).

Now there is a little extra flipping around going on when first going into the form, but that's tolerable for the moment. I'm out of my buffering problem, and thanks to your suggestion.

But...hey, there's gotta be a better way. I note in Egger's book that he eschews grids in favor of heavily modified list boxes.

Thanks again, another mini-FoxPro crises solved. :-)

--- Larry

-- Larry Keyes
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