Mike,

Personally, I really dislike grids for data entry. I use an 'Add' button; the user can Add a line by pressing Alt-A or hitting the button. This adds a new record and calls another form for editing the new record.

>Hi All,
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>I am experimenting with a grid's AllowAddNew property. When I set it to .T. and use the down arrow key from the last row of the grid, a new blank row appears as expected. This is ok except for the fact that I need to "intercept" this event and setup some of the fields in the underlying table.
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>How do I do the latter? What event is fired so that I can take action?
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>TIA.
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>Mike
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>PS I'd be interested in other opinions regarding adding new records using this feature. Good or bad experiences??