>Is there a place to tell the framework to use a Bisiness Object for all the data updates? This would make this so much easier. I am finding I need to add code to overwrite the framework logic in many places which concerns me.
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You should be able to switch out any of the GridListObjs for a regular BizObj. Check out the Developer's Guide notes, as there are various changes that need to be made, including disabling the cListOneToManyObj and pointing it to the one you want to use. The code is found under "Creating Forms from cBizObjMaintenanceForm." Hope that helps.