Actually, if you run code like this:

Thisform.Grid.Recordsource = "",

The attributes of your grid will be saved.

Alternatively, you can use a place holder cursor, a cursor with 1 field and zero records instead....

>Hi,
> i have a grid that display query result with several search keyword. The grid is not displayed as designed earlier (the width of the columns were changed) when I try to re-assign the recourcetype even the name of cursor is same.
> Again, the grid go blank if the result of query is ZERO.
> How to avoid this???
>
>Thank you