Steve,

What are the datasession settings for the parent form and child form? Is the child form launched from a DO FORM command of some object on the parent form?

Doing a close data in your child form could be quite destructive to the parent form.

>I have placed a " close data and use myTable" in the form's load. This is a child form ,
>however. I call this form from a parent form, the child's grid still shows up
>blank?? (For a moment, I see the data on the grid but then it goes away.) Does this make
>any sense??