Paul, besides the column.controlsource have you also set the grid.recordsource?
>I have two grids displaying data on different pages of a pageframe.
>The grids use the .....columnx.controlsource = somefieldsubstring
>defnitions.
>The first grid which uses the current alias works OK. But the
>second grid on the second page just repeats its current record all
>over. The second grid displays ok if it is ..coluumnx.controlsource
>is the current alias but then the first grid goes whacky same way.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>I am using VFP6 and some .....DYNAMICBACKCOLOR definitions
>in each of the grid init methods.
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