>>No, unfortunately you are not missing anything obvious.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>I tried the MSFlexGrid, but could not figure out the data binding. It may just be showing off my idiocy to admit this. :)

Jim,

Try downloading the ado browse utility from the files section \ classes/vcx here in UT. It has an example of binding the MS Datagrid to an ADO recordset.