John..

Given the characteristics of how you have chosen to implement things, I can see why it is a problem for you.

With that said, the issue is with the implementation, not with SPT vs. RV's per se.





>Dear John
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>>>Simply update the RecordSource Property of the Grid Object... How difficult is that? <<
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>About as difficult as walking off a cliff.
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>If you set your grid up with columns in a different order from the table order, or don't include all the table fields: if you reset the RecordSource property you risk a mismatch between the column headers and content. I just checked it in VFP7.
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>If you have combo control in what was a text column that gets converted to a logical, you may see a nice C0000005 error.
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>This may be acceptable for your applications, but many developers and customers would find C0000005 errors unacceptable. Not to mention that you might be sued if a column header entitled "Priority Customer" gets quietly swapped with the "NO CREDIT" column.
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>Your suggestion may be acceptable for po dunk applications that slosh whole tables onto forms, but for sophisticated apps that work a bit harder to meet user needs, it really won't do.
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>Better to use a RV.
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>Regards
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>JR