/ english descriptions for underlying codes. I currently have to open an / extra 35 files(lookup tabes) just to display the english. Their must be If a function call can be used as an ControlSource for a grid element, that's it. Anyway, I feel Fox (well, MS) must have made grids fully functional in order to create a browse-killer. If it was possible to put browse field xx=fn() then I suppose there must be a possibility to do the same in a grid. / What I have is a Parent table named "client". One of the fields in / client is status. The status field contains a code. I use a function like this for retrieving the array element from the element number and array name: Function Statc Lpara what, arr, column if para()=2 column=1 endif external array arr if alen(arr,1)=alen(arr) retu iif(betw(what,1,alen(arr)), arr[what], " ??") else retu iif(betw(what,1,alen(arr,1)), arr[what,column], " ??") endif I suppose you could leave the column source property blank, and from some other event fill the column value with like this {column_reference}.value=statc(status, @array_name) if it proves to be impossible to set source to a function call; if it's possible, simply .controlSource=statc(status, @array_name) Passing array by ref is essential; passing by value passes only the first element.