I still need help here...

Mike wasn't very helpful, rather just gives a serpent when asked for a fish.

Hector, while your suggestions was OK, I still like to get this to work from the properties (not in the grid)

Chuck

>>VFP 6.0
>>
>>Grid: Grid1
>>ChildOrder: main
>>LinkMaster: person
>>ReadOnly: .T. - True
>>RecordSource: auth.organization, auth.authtype, auth.effective, auth.end
>>RecordSourceType: 1 - Alias
>>RelationExpr: id
>>
>>How can I specify what fields to show in the gird (ColumnCount: -1), since the rest of the fields would be above it in all the textboxes for add/editing.