>Hi Barbara,

I mentioned the parentheses because most of the time if you've got anything other than a field name as the ControlSource for anything, you get an error message from VFP if you don't surround the expression with parentheses.

>I didn't forget it because I never used it with parentheses. Why would I need it ? I want to learn if I'm missing something. OTOH if he was doing it without PEM sheet then he need to surround with quotes.
>Cetin

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>>One thing that Cetin forgot to mention--if you're doing this through the property sheet, you need to surround the expression with parentheses.
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>>>OK. Thanks. Guess I didn't fill in the right properties.
>>>Much faster than a list box.
>>>
>>>>>Is there a way to make a calculated column in a grid like in Browse?
>>>>>
>>>>>For example
>>>>>BROWSE FIELDS NAME = Customer.LastName + Customer.FirstName, etc...
>>>>>
>>>>>You can do that in a list box by setting the RowSource to the expression or a function.
>>>>>But there is no Rowsource in a grid and the grid record source
>>>>>allows only the alias/table name.
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Just like the same. Insert a column and set its "controlsource" to your expression.
>>>>Cetin