>Yep, the software shouldn't be an intrusion for them. For my transportation company client (mainly refer and some dry goods) it's more of a matter of having all the information about that load (with the details of each stopoff) on screen all at once. They have another screen full of where their fleets are and what they are doing in a more abstract manner (maps and/or tractor load timeline, etc.). But for my 911/fire/police clients, they have to know lots more dynamic information and the software DEFINITELY shouldn't be getting in their way! That's why I scrapped the native Foxpro grid for one I made myself. I've thought about trying to bring an Excel spreadsheet into a Foxpro form and using it somehow but I didn't have time to get back to it yet.

What have you been using instead of the grid? I like the grid navigation but still the grid seems to be a little "fragile". I have basically built some containers of textboxes that seem to be filling the bill but I am having to fight some of the dynamic refresh issues that occur in a grid. (seems that you have to move focus from a grid and back again to really refresh the rows but haven't given up on those issues yet.) Am going to give them two grids. One with a little less detail and more jobs per page and a second with four lines of textboxes in one cell and fewer rows per page.
Thanks