>>>>>>>thats a good idea... when I looked inside myform.scx using a BROW it was not clear where the GRID is. Is there a way to find it without having to look inside every MEMO file?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You may want to do something like BROWSER FOR 'grid'$...
>>>>>
>>>>>What do I put here:
>>>>>BROWSER FOR 'grid'$ ??????
>>>>>I am not use to these GRIDS.
>>>>
>>>>Look at the memo field names. This is why I put ... because I don't know them without looking in a .scx.
>>>
>>>Do you mean...
>>>brow for 'grid' $ ojbname
>>>this returns nothing.
>>
>>browse for 'GRID' $upper(objname) or whatever field name you need. try some of the first few fields that are memo fields
>
>Hi Mark
>that did not seem to work... I coded...
>use myform.scx excl
>browse for 'GRID' $upper(per_diem)
>any ideas?

The field name you want to browse goes in the parentheses. The value you are looking for goes between the quotes.