>OK I have the ingrid component now. I loaded it into the grid, which only has one column. Now how do I index what appears in the grid a unique while keeping the textbox view of the table complete? I,ve tried macro substitution in the controlsource of the ingrid object but it doesn't respond.

Create an index on UPPER() of the column you want to search by. The InGrid docs should tell you the rest that you need.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer