Thanks for the pointers. I'll be contact someone in Mumbai, the book shops just might be having it.

>There are a few options fro getting Hentzenwerke books.
>
>1. Order the e-book from Whil and download it electronically. I think this will set you back around USD40.
>2. Buy it from Amazon and get it shipped to you - USD50 + shipping
>3. Buy it from us (Australasian/Asia-Pacific distributor) and get it shipped to you for AUD110 + Shipping.
>
>Note that options 2 and 3 also allow you to download the electronic version of the book.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Andrew
>
>>Thanks for the pointer but VFP books in general is not available here and Hentzenwerke I inquired was not represented here so the books stores cannot manage it.
>>
>>Thanks for your interest in this thread.
>>
>>>Well, the source code is available, so you can extend the grid builder. There's a great example of this in 1001 Things (Akins et. al., available from Hentzenwerke), including the ability to specify other controls and alternative classes for headers.
>>>
>>>Cheers,
>>>
>>>Andrew
>>>
>>>>I tried it again yesterday night and the result I confirmed. The specified classes in the view for spinner and combo were not used by the Grid Builder and the unspecified fields did not use the classes specified in the Tools | Options.
>>>>
>>>>The Grid Builder used the default VFP classes and also did not pull in the field lengths.
>>>>
>>>>In short nothing specified from the view was pulled.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggesstions.
>>>>
>>>>>Does the grid builder do what you're after?
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>Andrew
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi All
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When ever I have to create a grid I think of getting it done any easy way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Is there a class sort of that takes in a parameter of a table/view name and field names and the grid is populated on startup automatically based on the field lenghts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The classes can be the default used as specified in the tools | option and if any overridden in the table/view.