>No, unfortunately you are not missing anything obvious.

>An ADO-Recordset-bound grid is #1 on my VFP wishlist. But, then again, >transferring the info in and out of a cursor is not that complicated, and if >you do so in a method of your grid or form, high up in the hierarchy, you can >code it once and not think about it much more.

>Also, there are some active-x grids that do indeed bind directly to ADO >recordsets. I have used a few of these in VB apps, but not with VFP (still, I >imagine it can be done). Generally, I don't find these products as flexible as >the native VFP grid, though.

I tried the MSFlexGrid, but could not figure out the data binding. It may just be showing off my idiocy to admit this. :)