>I am about to start coding a new app and I am thinking about making a grid the centrepiece of the action.
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>At its simplest, this grid will be used to display items in a tender and allow external contractors to enter their bids against the items.
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>This sounds simple but this is a high end application and it will require heavy validation from a variety of data sources (I won't bore you with the details).
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>I have read in a couple of books that grids are not reccomended for data entry. Is this still the case.
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>I have used them for this in the past and they seem to be behaving. I did have trouble implementing them but I put this down to myself being new to VFP.
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>In the past I would code complex browse statements to do a similar job to what I am now planning. They too could be difficult to get right but they have proved themseleves subsequently.
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>So let me know what you think.
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>Please stop me if you think I am about to make a dreadful mistake.

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Grids are hard to cope with IMHO compared to browse. They're harder to control compared to other controls and not all the time you get what you want (at least I couldn't). But still yet I defend the idea that grids are perfect for data entry. My first app in VFP extensively used grids and the app proved itself :) for years. If I write a book you'll see at least one saying they're good for data entry :) Of course it's your choice to appreciate an idea or not and controlling nongrid data entry is easier much of the time.
BTW with the upcoming VFP 7.0 grids are getting much better (thought just based on NOLA report that you can check from main page - thanks to David and Nick for sharing).
Cetin