Insert ThisForm.grdOutput.recordsource = '' before the SQL-select.

HTH

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>cmdbutton.click is this:
>

>USE q:/qa/qdms2000/DOCUMENT/document share
>SET MESSAGE TO ""
>
>l_cSearchtext='%'+upper(alltrim(ThisForm.txtSearchString.value))+'%'
>
>select * from document where title like l_cSearchtext order by number into cursor temp1
>
>ThisForm.grdOutput.recordsource='temp1'
>ThisForm.grdOutput.refresh
>thisform.refresh
>