Why not just add the Send flag in the select such as

SELECT ALLTRIM(fname)+' '+alltrim(lname) as Person, dob from person, .F. as send INTO CURSOR test readwrite

Hope this helps,

>I am trying to add a column to a cursor that will be displayed in a grid. Here is the code:
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>ALTER TABLE DBF('test') ADD COLUMN Send L(1)
>thisform.g1.RecordSource='test'
>thisform.g1.Refresh
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>However ALTER command is not working on the cursor. Is there a way to add column to a cursor? Also, in the grid I would like to display this added column (send) as a check box. Can I add checkbox to grid progamatically looking at cursor test.send column?
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>Thanks
>Nick Patel