>we start off with an empty table and a grid form.
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>To add a record to the grid, the user hits the 'add/edit' button and this runs a form which lets them add a record and enter the data with the all the space they need and the validation I can put on a form much more easily than in a grid.
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>However, when the form is closed and we return to the grid form, all we see is a blank record. (so at least it 'knows' that we've added one - it just won't show the values)
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>The debugger tells me that we have successfully added the record and that its values are as entered.
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>This despite doing a [jgrid.recordsource='' ] BEFORE running the add/edit form and a
>[jgrid.recordsource="journal" ] and a form refresh, after the add/edit form has done its thing...
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>so why no show?
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>Harry

I recently solved a similar problem by making sure to SetFocus away from the grid before refreshing it. As long as Focus was on the grid it wouldn't refresh.