> I found some classes at the Microsoft VFP site that converted ADO recordsets >to cursors and vise-versa,

But you forgot the coolest part: those classes give the appearance of being "bound" to the recordset data. Be forewarned that those classes are a tad on the buggy side. They're at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q197/8/61.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0 if anyone else cares. I do know of a few folks that have put them into production, so I guess they can't be *that* quirky. :-)

> so if it is true that they are read only

Umm, not true.