>I have perform a search using...
>select *;
>from datafile;
>where lastname=search_name;
>into cursor mycursor
>
>Now I want to user to pick the name he wants
>in mycursor from a grid on a form.
>How do I display the picked record in the datafile?

First let the user pick the record then do the following :
lcLastname = thisform.grid1.columnLastName.text1.value
select *;
from datafile;
where lastname=?lcLastName;
into cursor mycursor