Anyways, I have the thing based on a view and the seek idea won't work as the is not allowed to be index :(.

May I ask why not? You can index a view when you open it.

I'll keep this as last ditch

Personally, I do not like this solution either. I think that it makes the grid look cluttered and busy.

Any equivalant FoxTalk article.

Not to the best of my knowledge. I just did a search on the web site and came up empty. Hmmmmm. Maybe this would be a good topic for a future Kitbox column. What do you think?