Arlei,
many thanks. Now I understand what is happening. I think I will just go with the simple ^ and v as I try to keep my programs as clean and simple as possible. "The less the better" keeps the bugs away.

Thanks,
John.


>John,
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>If you are using the VFP grid control, there is no way to show that sort order triangle, because this VFP object does not support graphics in their column heading.
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>The only way to show that triangle is use the ListView ActiveX Control. In this control you can "attach" a ImageList object and then assign the index of the image with each column header object.
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>Hope this helps...