William,

>I have a grid on a form that displays data from a view. When the user wants to look up a different set of data I delete the view and recreate it with the new data.
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> The problem is when I close the view, with USE, the grid names and columns disapear.

Don't close the view, REQUERY it, then refresh the grid. tis way, the record source for the grid always continually, and the grid doesn't get "confused."

J