Stan,
Before you requery a cursor that is populating a grid you must set the grid RecordSource to '' (empty string, 2 single quotes)

Thisform.....MyGrid.Recordsource = ''
Select MyCursor
Requery()
Thisform.....MyGrid.RecordSource = 'MyCursor'

If you re-build the cursor that is the RecordSource the grid will 'lose' all of its formatting as you saw.

HTH
Barbara


>I have a six tabbed form that has a grid on the fifth page. The recordsource for the grid is an updatable cursor. The cursor has six fields, but I am only displaying two on the grid. If I simply select the next available work area, the grid is displayed properly and all methods in the grid work. If I either re-use a previously used work area or actually close the last used cursor before creating the new cursor, the grid is displayed with the correct data, but all of the fields are accessible and none of the methods in the grid work. Any ideas as to why this is happening would be appreciated.
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>Stan Symons