>Hmmm. True. I don't think you're missing anything. But it still offends my sense of aesthetics. IOW, it seems to have to much rigging of it. I'll have to think about this some more....
The one method we came up with no rigging is unfortunately not supported by VFP. I think any method will have some kind of compromise. But your are right that there may be a less kludgy workaround out there. If you come up with one I will be very interested, because I am in the midst of developing an app with lots of grandchild, and even some great-grandchild relations.