>The thing is, this is done in the Fox26 application in a BROWSE, they are used to it. There are 2 or 3 BROWSES working this way, all the other data entry is done in proper forms. Should I try changing this at this time ? Have you gone through this before ? Any strong argument a user would understand ? (besides that I would cry if they don't trust me anymore ?)
Can't help you with this one. I personally don't like grids/browses for data entry. Grids have a mind of their own on forms so, other than for display or lookup, I like to avoid them. You could display the data in the familiar way they are used to and then, when they want to enter data, launch a modal form on top of the grid.
Trouble is, you will have the riot on your hands. Tell them, "its progress" <s>.
Later
-=Gary