Well, the objects have both been able to see the cursor all along. I just didn't realize it was ok for them both to use it until Jim explained the whole complex class idea to me. This is all really new to me, yet, and I'm still trying to figure out how things are done out in the non-SBT world. :)

Thanks for the article suggestion. I'll go dig out the magazine.

Michelle


>Since your VFP front end can use cursors, it seems like the most efficient thing to do is let the form hold a reference to your business object and that way he can "see" the cursors the the business object holds and bind to them directly.
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>You may want to check out my March 2001 article in FoxTalk: Programming to interface rather than implementation. It talks about what we did on a project that is very similar to the problem you are dealing with right now.