>Thanks for the info. We found Augtech.com on the internet. An unlimited, licensed copy only costs about $100 my compatriots tell me. I may rethink the whole grid thing if I can get it so cheaply.

It works as advertised, but FWIW I had to wait a long time -- something like 90 to 120 days -- to receive the product after I sent in my order and my check (this was in 1996 or 1997). I hope you have better results. Again, beware the bug in the shareware version: it causes VFP5 to crash when the jKey library is released, or when VFP shuts down if the library is not explicitly released. This is fixed in the licensed version.