>> I do use updateable cursor at times, but haven't had any good experience with views though... Anyway, thanks for your advise, I'll try updateable cursor to see if it solve the problem. <<

I really like updateable cursors! What I usually do is define the cursor in the form's load using CREATE CURSOR. That way it is easy to visually set the RecordSource of the grid and the ControlSources for it's columns visually in the form designer since I already know what the cursor's name is and it is available when the grid is instantiated so there is no need to deal with the issue of the grid losing its mind when you rip its recordSource out from underneath it < g >. When I need to changed the contents of the cursor, I just select into a temporary cursor, zap the one the grid is bound to, and then append from the temporary cursor into that. I've never had a problem doing it like that. I have used views too, and never had a problem with them. What kind of problems have you had using views in you grids?


>> Just to side track a little, why is VFP's GUI so buggy, or is it just Microsoft, or is it just me ??? *Sigh*, I like foxpro for its database engine but hates the buggy UI. <<

< lol > VFP has its quirks, just as every language does. I don't think I agree that it is 'buggy'. How long have you worked with VFP? Like anything, the longer you work with it and the better you know it, the more comfortable you are. The problem that I have seen with some people new to VFP (and I do not mean you, personally < s >) is that when they are learning, they get frustrated and give up and say that the language is buggy just because it doesn't behave in the way that they expect it to. I, too, get very frustrated when I try something that I think should work, but doesn't. Those are the times that I go to the help file, the knowledge base, my FPA cd's, the public fora, and/or the debugger. There is usually an answer somewhere. And to be honest, sometimes it IS a bug...the knowledge base even flags them as such. But most of the time, it is just because I am trying something new and don't have a thorough understanding of everything involved.

>> Do you foresee any major improvements in the next version? <<

I think that each version is, for the most part, an improvement over the previous one. So, yes I do.

Marcia