Hi Nancy,

Actually, you *can* bind controls to field values of ADO recordsets. You're right, the forms won't be ADO aware but you can manually enter a field value as a ControlSource if you know that recordset will be preent at runtime. However, you still need a mechanism to update the current field values back to the source database or refresh the local values.

>>Hi all,
>>can VFP6 handle ADO recordsets to populate the forms? or do you have to step through the recordset and copy to a foxpro table/cursor?
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>Yes, you can *use* ADO recordsets, but you can't bind controls to them. Whether you convert them to cursors or whether you make your forms ADO aware is a design choice. If you have control over the design and it's a new project, it's probably best in the long run if you use an n-tier approach rather than tying your forms to data directly, regardless of the format.
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>Are you using, or could you use, a framework?