My be, you forgot quotations?
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>thisform.myGrid.column1.controlsource="myTable.field5"
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>Hi all,
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>I can load the table into the grid now, but no matter using RecordSourceType as table or as alias, it automatically reset to show all fields, and if I try to use code to change it to specfic fields that I want to display, it will mess up.
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>forexample, the grid want to dislpay the first field of the record in column1, but I have such code:
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>thisform.myGrid.column1.controlsource=myTable.field5
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>since I set it to dislpay field 5, and it want to display field 1, turn out it disabled the grid cell and makes it a grey box :-(
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>I wish I have declare the problem clearly, how can I set the grid to display specfic fields as I like programmtically?
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>Thanks in advance!!
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>Jimi